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23andMe settles data breach lawsuit for $30M

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Genetics testing company 23andMe agreed to pay a $30 million settlement over a data breach last year.

A lawsuit accused the company of failing to protect the privacy of 6.9 million customers whose information was breached.

Additionally, the settlement resolves allegations that 23andMe failed to tell customers with Chinese and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry that the hacker appeared to have specifically targeted them.

Read more from Reuters.

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