Nonprofit Born From Ashes of 23andMe Hires Former Pfizer Heavyweight as GC

The 23andMe Research Institute bought the company's assets for $305 million, scotching a proposed sale to Regeneron ...

23andMe Research Institute Names Legal Head, Chief Risk Officer

Me Research Institute, a nonprofit genetic research organization, announced the appointment of John McLeod as general counsel and chief risk officer Tuesday.
GovInfoSecurity

23andMe to Get $16.5M in Unused Cyber Insurance

As part of its ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, 23andMe Holding Co. - now named Chrome Holding - has reached a ...
Bitdefender

Comcast Hit With $1.5 Million Fine After Vendor Data Breach

Comcast will pay a $1.5 million fine after a breach at one of its former vendors exposed the data of hundreds of thousands of customers.
Wall Street Journal

23andMe’s Data-Theft Victims Offered ‘Genetic Monitoring’ to Ward Off Hackers

Names, credit-card details and Social Security numbers are the currency of the dark net. Now, your DNA may be, too. Ancestry-tracing company 23andMe is offering five years of genetic-monitoring ...
The Business Journals

Here's how much the 23andMe data breach settlement could pay you

Oct 6, 2025, 6:59am CDT Updated: Oct 6, 2025, 7:30am CDT Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images Millions of users gave their genetic information to 23andMe through collection kits like these. From the San ...
Reuters

23andMe seeks approval of larger, $50 million data breach settlement

Sept 5 (Reuters) - The genetics testing company 23andMe asked a federal bankruptcy judge to approve a $50 million settlement to resolve claims from a 2023 data breach, opens new tab that exposed ...
Standard-Examiner

Utah AG issues consumer advisory for 23andMe customers

Following the sale of the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe, the Utah Attorney General’s Office is issuing a consumer advisory reminding former customers of ways to protect their ...