23andMe will pay $18M to settle claims over massive data breach
cybernews.com
Genetic testing company 23andMe and a coalition of 43 Attorneys General have agreed to settle a lawsuit over data security failures, leading to a massive data breach in October 2023.

23andMe agreed to pay $18 million to settle claims over a 2023 data breach affecting 6.9 million users.

And that is before the lawyers take most of it. Basically zero consequences for breach of DNA sequences, health reports, ethnicity, race, location, etc. Fascists surely won’t use this for anything horrific.

  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Ask your medical care provider about genetic testing. It’s a lot more affordable these days, and you should get a report on any genetic conditions you might be susceptible to. This keeps the test results within your medical record, with all of the legal protections that apply.

    Of course this won’t try to match you up with unknown family members like 23&me, but you can’t really do that and have privacy because it requires broad analysis of all available test results.