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

The genetic testing company 23andMe has agreed to pay $30 million to American plaintiffs to settle a lawsuit over a data breach last year that specifically targeted customers of Ashkenazi Jewish and Chinese ancestry.

Me is close to settling a proposed class action lawsuit filed against the company over a data breach that compromised 6.9 million users' information.

Hackers were able to access about 14,000 accounts, through which the data of 6.9 million users was compromised.

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.

Genetic testing company 23andMe has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a class action lawsuit stemming from a data breach in 2023.