( May 28, 2026, 18:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a lawsuit against 23andMe accusing it of failing to protect its customers’ sensitive personal information, resulting in a data breach in 2023. According to the complaint, 23andMe publicly touted its commitment to data privacy and transparency, while failing to take reasonable measures to protect its customers’ most sensitive data, ignoring known vulnerabilities in its systems, and failing to properly investigate or respond to numerous warnings that its systems had been compromised.Statement follows in full. Also see attached file. ...
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