In October 2023, 23andMe suffered a massive data breach that exposed the genetic information of millions of users. The breach, caused by a credential stuffing attack, has raised serious concerns about the security of sensitive DNA data entrusted to the company.

A law firm representing about 5,000 23andMe customers who demanded arbitration after hackers obtained sensitive data from the genetic testing company told a California federal judge last week that it has serious qualms about a proposed $30 million class action settlement.

Me first announced in Oct. 2023 that the site had been the victim of a “credential stuffing attack,” during which hackers were able to use previously obtained login credentials to access its customers’ accounts.

Personal information for nearly half of the popular genetic testing company's customers -- 6.9 million people -- were exposed in the data breach.

Me will pay $30 million and provide three years of security monitoring to settle a lawsuit accusing the genetics testing company of failing to protect the privacy of 6.9 million customers whose personal information was exposed in a data breach last year.

In November 2023, a class action lawsuit was filed against the genetic testing company, 23andMe. The plaintiffs alleged that a data breach resulted

Me will pay $30 million to settle a data breach lawsuit from the 2023 credential stuffing attack that exposed the personal and genetic information of 6.9 million customers.

Mobile has reached a $31.5 million settlement to resolve a probe by the Federal Communications Commission into significant data breaches over three years that impacted tens of millions of U.S. consumers,

T-Mobile will pay $31.5 million in a data protection and cybersecurity settlement with the Federal Communications Commission, resolving investigations into data breaches that impacted millions of U.S.

Mobile's data breaches in 2021, 2022 and 2023, the FCC orders the carrier to adopt multi-factor authentication and a 'zero trust' model for its security.