23Andme bank protection files

The popular DNA testing company has filed a bankruptcy application and announced that its co -founder and executive director Anne Wojchitsky has resigned with immediate effect.

The company will now try to sell itself under the supervision of court.

23Andme said in a press release that he plans to continue working throughout the sale process and that “there are no changes to the way the company stores, manages or protects customer data.”

On Friday, the Prosecutor General in the native state of 23andme California issued a user signal that advises clients to delete their data from the site, given the “reported financial difficulties of the company”.

23andme, based on saliva test kits, were once marked among customers and investors who helped to make the company value up to $ 6 billion (£ 4.6 billion).

But it was struggling In recent months.

In September, the company arranged a case claiming that it failed to protect the confidentiality of nearly seven million customers whose personal information was set out in violation of data in 2023.

Two months later, it Cut 200 employeesof 40% of its working force.

23andme stated that his financial chief Joe Sessavaz will take over as a temporary executive director.

The wojcicki will continue to serve as a member of the board, he added.