Judge Orders 23andMe Owner to Pay $46.75 Million to 2023 Breach Victims
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Updated · BBC.com · Jul 7
Judge Orders 23andMe Owner to Pay $46.75 Million to 2023 Breach Victims
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jul 7
Summary
$46.75 million must be paid within five business days under a California bankruptcy court ruling directing Chrome Holding to compensate victims of 23andMe’s 2023 data hack.
Kroll Restructuring, representing the victims, will receive the money first and distribute it, though the number of people eligible for payouts was not disclosed.
The breach began with access to about 14,000 user accounts, but hackers used those accounts to reach relatives’ profiles, exposing data tied to as many as 6.9 million people.
Chrome Holding—operating as TTAM Research Institute and led by 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki—bought the company’s assets for $305 million after its bankruptcy.
The payout adds to mounting fallout for 23andMe, which has faced a £2.31 million UK fine and a California lawsuit alleging weak safeguards and misleading statements about the breach.