search
23andMe
Trends
- 123andMe bankruptcy raises fears over 15 million DNA profiles●Consumer DNA databases expose your relatives too, even ones who never sent a sample. 23andMe was breached in 2023, then
23andMe, which suffered a major data breach in 2023, filed for bankruptcy in 2025 and is seeking to sell its database of roughly 15 million customers' genetic data as an asset. Privacy advocates are warning that DNA databases expose not only customers but their relatives who never consented to testing, and are urging users to download and delete their genetic data before any sale.