New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday urged 23andMe customers to delete their accounts and secure their data, days after the company filed for bankruptcy amid weak demand for its ancestry testing kits.

The state attorney general is urging customers of 23AndMe to have their genetic data deleted after the DNA testing company declared bankruptcy this week. The company, which provides over-the-counter genetic testing to help customers map their ancestry or check for potential health dispositions,

New York Attorney General urges 23andMe customers to delete their genetic data after the company's bankruptcy. Here's what you need to know.