Genetics data company 23andMe has reached a settlement with plaintiffs in a Canadian class action lawsuit over a 2023 data breach, the law firm behind the suit says.

In October 2023, 23andMe identified and disclosed a massive data breach affecting seven million customers worldwide, among them nearly 320,000 Canadians.

In October 2023 and September 2024, class actions were filed in the British Columbia Supreme Court on behalf of 23andMe’s Canadian customers, and later certified by the court.

“The Plaintiffs and 23andMe have reached a settlement as part of 23andMe’s insolvency proceedings,” the law firm KND Complex Litigation said in a statement Wednesday.

The settlement still needs to be approved by the courts.

The company filed for bankruptcy in the United States in March after st

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