23andMe Proposes $30 Million Payment for Data Breach
fliptop writes:
Genetic information and ancestry reports of U.S. citizens were among the information stolen in the cyber attack:
23andMe proposes to compensate millions of customers affected by a data breach on the company's platform, offering $30 million as part of the settlement, along with providing users access to a security monitoring system.
The genetic testing service will pay the amount to approximately 6.4 million American users, according to a proposed class action settlement filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Sept. 12. Personal information was exposed last year after a hacker breached the website's security and posted critical user data for sale on the dark web.
[...] According to the settlement proposal, users will be sent a link where they can delete all information related to 23andMe.
[...] In an emailed statement to The Epoch Times, 23andMe Communications Director Andy Kill said that out of the $30 million aggregate amount, "roughly $25 million of the settlement and related legal expenses are expected to be covered by cyber insurance coverage."
Also at USA Today, Fox Business and The Verge.
Previously:
- 23andMe Tells Victims it's Their Fault that Their Data was Breached
- 23andMe: Profiles of 6.9 Million People Hacked
- 23andMe Says Private User Data is Up for Sale After Being Scraped
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