Bankruptcy admin approves settlement fund of $47 million for 23andMe data breach victims
2026-06-13T20:51:51Z•b54601f57693455e8a6d5b649d679bff0a83d20372b57e1a5bcdaa7442c40102
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What happened
A batch of cybersecurity and privacy stories: a bankruptcy administrator approved a $47M settlement for about 7 million 23andMe customers after a 2023 data theft with many records posted to the dark web; South Korea’s regulator hit Coupang with a record ₩? (≈$409M) fine for a personal data breach; the US surveillance authority under Section 702 of FISA is poised to lapse amid legislative deadlock; the Senate rejected creating a dedicated US “Cyber Force” in the fiscal 2027 defense roadmap; and a British high school sent students home while responding to a cyberattack.
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