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Founder Anne Wojcicki races to rescue 23andMe

Once-hyped genetic testing company hit by data breach, plunging share price and board resignations

Lawyers representing 23andMe customers whose personal details were breached in a damaging hack on the genetics testing company made an unusual request in September.

They pushed for a cut-price $30mn settlement as the “dire financial condition” of the once high-flying start-up could otherwise leave claimants without any compensation at all, according to court documents seen by the Financial Times.

That request epitomises the fall of a company that transformed its chief executive and founder Anne Wojcicki, ex-wife of Google founder Sergey Brin, into a paper billionaire when it floated three years ago.

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