You might recall that DNA testing service 23andMe got pwned in epic fashion. And that was only the beginning. That led to them quietly trying to alter their terms of service to avoid getting sued. But when that didn’t work, they blamed their users for getting pwned. Now the latest twist in this story is the fact that the company has decided to pay up:
23andMe will pay $30 million to settle a class action lawsuit over a data breach that affected more than 6.9 million customers. As part of the proposed settlement, the genetic testing site will compensate affected customers and provide them with access to a security monitoring program for three years.
A judge still needs to sign off on this. But if that happens, it will put an end to litigation against the company who has been on life support even before this pwnage happened. And if it doesn’t happen, 23andMe is done like dinner.
Stay tuned to find out which outcome it will be.
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23andMe Pays Up To Make Their Legal Problems Go Away…. Maybe
You might recall that DNA testing service 23andMe got pwned in epic fashion. And that was only the beginning. That led to them quietly trying to alter their terms of service to avoid getting sued. But when that didn’t work, they blamed their users for getting pwned. Now the latest twist in this story is the fact that the company has decided to pay up:
23andMe will pay $30 million to settle a class action lawsuit over a data breach that affected more than 6.9 million customers. As part of the proposed settlement, the genetic testing site will compensate affected customers and provide them with access to a security monitoring program for three years.
A judge still needs to sign off on this. But if that happens, it will put an end to litigation against the company who has been on life support even before this pwnage happened. And if it doesn’t happen, 23andMe is done like dinner.
Stay tuned to find out which outcome it will be.
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