Bankruptcy admin approves settlement fund of $47 million for 23andMe data breach victims
2026-06-15T08:51:59Z•a9b8cae82390e0e70adc0146d4df8c814fac2bbd9e05076d0f3d4e995701ed1c
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What happened
A batch of cyber and policy stories: a bankruptcy administrator approved a $47M settlement fund for roughly 7 million 23andMe customers after their data was stolen beginning April 2023 and many records posted to the dark web; South Korea’s regulator slapped Coupang with a record ₩544 billion (~$409M) fine over a personal data breach; the US Section 702 FISA surveillance program is facing its first lapse since 2008 amid congressional deadlock; a proposed standalone US “Cyber Force” was not included in the Senate defense policy roadmap; and a British high school sent 1,428 pupils home while IT/c
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