Bankruptcy admin approves settlement fund of $47 million for 23andMe data breach victims
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Collection of cybersecurity and policy headlines: a bankruptcy administrator approved a $47 million settlement for roughly 7 million 23andMe customers whose data was stolen beginning April 2023 and posted on the dark web; the U.S. surveillance authority under Section 702 (FISA) is poised to lapse amid legislative deadlock — the first lapse since 2008; South Korea’s regulator levied a record ₩550 billion (~$409 million) fine against e‑commerce firm Coupang for a personal data breach; an amendment to create a U.S. ‘Cyber Force’ was defeated and excluded from the Senate defense policy roadmap; a
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