Kentucky to Receive Nearly $260K in 23andMe Data Breach Settlement
The settlement follows a 2023 breach that exposed data from 6.9 million customers worldwide, including 69,188 in Kentucky.
- On Monday, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced a multistate settlement with 23andMe, resolving allegations stemming from a 2023 data breach affecting millions of customers.
- The 2023 breach exposed genetic ancestry information for 6.9 million customers worldwide, including 69,188 Kentuckians, with subsets of data later published on the dark web.
- According to Coleman's office, 23andMe failed to employ safeguards like multifactor authentication and did not investigate a massive spike in login attempts that preceded the breach.
- While states approved $150 million in claims, the bankrupt company lacks sufficient assets for full repayment, resulting in an immediate $18 million payment; Kentucky will receive $259,375.
- Assets were sold to the TTAM Research Institute with new security requirements included in the sale, while Coleman reminded users they can still delete their genetic data.
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