23andMe Nets Approval for Bankruptcy Plan With Data Breach Deals

Fallen DNA testing firm 23andMe won court approval of a bankruptcy plan that includes settlements to provide up to $62 million to resolve thousands of data breach claims.

Judge Brian C. Walsh of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri approved the plan in a Wednesday order, overruling most creditor objections and challenges from data breach victims.

Many of those former customers’ objections were deemed moot or premature, and several of them didn’t appear at a court hearing on the plan.

Objections from the Justice Department’s bankruptcy watchdog and a coalition of state attorneys general were resolved ...