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California sues 23andMe over 2023 data breach that affected 7 million users
Rob Bonta accused the company, now called Chrome Holding Co., of failing to protect users’ sensitive information.
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Rob Bonta accused the company, now called Chrome Holding Co., of failing to protect users’ sensitive information. Chrome Holding Co., the company formerly known as 23andMe , is facing a lawsuit filed by California Attorney General Rob Bonta over a massive security breach in 2023 that compromised millions of people's sensitive data. Bonta is accusing the company of misleading customers and failing to protect their "sensitive personal information and genetic data related to their health, genetic predispositions and risk factors, biological relatives, ancestry and ethnicity."
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