DNA testing firm 23andMe has been fined £2.31m by a UK watchdog over a data breach in 2023 which affected thousands of people.The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said the company - which has since filed for bankruptcy - failed to put adequate measures in place to secure sensitive user data prior to the incident.

Me was fined £2.31 million ($3.1 million) by UK regulators after a 2023 cyber attack exposed users’ genetic data in yet another privacy crisis surrounding the troubled DNA data bank.

UK regulators on Tuesday fined 23andMe 2.31 million pounds ($3.1 million) for data privacy violations stemming from the company's massive data breach in 2023. The Information Commissioner's Office says the genetic testing company,