# Coalition of 40+ State Attorneys General

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2026-07-14**: Settlement Announced — More than 40 state AGs announce an $18 million settlement resolving investigations into the breach.
- **2025-03**: Bankruptcy Filing — 23andMe declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid plummeting sales and breach-related liabilities.
- **2023-12**: Breach Confirmed — Company SEC filing reveals direct access to 14,000 accounts and exposure of 6.9 million users through connected profiles.
- **2023-10**: Breach Investigation Launched — 23andMe begins investigating after a threat actor claims to have obtained millions of user records.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### 14K Account Takeover to 6.9M Records: Anatomy of 23andMe's $18M Breach
2026-07-19 23:47:44 · Sentiment: Bearish · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 7

The $18 million settlement reveals how a credential-stuffing attack on 14,000 23andMe accounts spiraled into a 6.9-million-record exposure. Cybersecurity pros must dissect this as a textbook case of social-network feature abuse and delayed breach notification.
Full story: https://getcyberbrief.com/story/23andme-breach-14k-to-6-9m-accounts-18m-settlement

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