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Data Privacy

May 28, 2026

Bonta sues over 23andMe data breach

The complaint details how 23andMe blamed customers for the breach and dismissed stolen genetic data as essentially public -- even as listings appeared on criminal forums sorting users by ethnicity, including Ashkenazi Jewish heritage and Chinese ancestry.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued Chrome Holding Co. and its subsidiary ChromeCo Inc. -- formerly 23andMe -- on Wednesday, alleging the genetic testing company failed to protect sensitive genetic data belonging to nearly 7 million users, concealed the scope of a 2023 data breach and secretly paid a hacker $400,000 in cryptocurrency.

The complaint, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, alleges violations of California's Genetic Information Privacy Act, California Cons...

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