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Benzinga
Benzinga
Genetic testing company 23andMe Holding Co. (NASDAQ:ME) is under fire in a class action lawsuit, accused of inadequately protecting the privacy of nearly 7 million customers whose personal information was compromised in a data breach last year. The lawsuit, filed yesterday in federal court in San Francisco, alleges that the company failed to notify customers with Chinese and Ashkenazi Jewish heritage about being specifically targeted, reported The New York Times. Their genetic information was reportedly compiled into “specially curated lists” that were shared and sold on the dark web, the repo…