Bankruptcy admin approves settlement fund of $47 million for 23andMe data breach victims
2026-06-14T20:51:57Z•c23407c7baef912b375492b0a69b789b69485557eadc81282e74ff60db8b73a9
23andMeCoupangFISAGreat Marlow SchoolSection 702Senate defense authorizationSouth Koreabankruptcy admincyber forcecyber policydark webdata breachdata protectionrecord fineregulatory fineschool closureschool cyberattacksettlementsurveillance lapse
What happened
A batch of cyber and policy news: a bankruptcy administrator approved a $47M settlement for about 7 million 23andMe customers whose stolen data (exfiltrated beginning April 2023) was posted on the dark web; the U.S. Section 702 FISA surveillance program is at risk of lapsing after legislative deadlock; South Korea’s regulator hit Coupang with a record ₩548 billion (~$409M) fine for a personal data breach; an amendment to create a U.S. Cyber Force was rejected from the Senate defense roadmap; and Great Marlow School in the U.K. closed and sent students home while responding to a cyberattack.
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