Tennessee is set to receive nearly $349,000 as part of a multistate settlement over a 2023 data breach at genetic testing company 23andMe.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined attorneys general from 42 other states and the District of Columbia in securing the settlement with the company’s bankruptcy trustee. Altogether, states will recover $18 million.
The breach exposed the genetic and personal information of 6.9 million customers worldwide, including 116,395 people in Tennessee. The information included genetic ancestry data and other personal details…