Hackers Attacked Two Leading Genetic Genealogy Websites
▻https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/hackers-gedmatch-dna-privacy
First GEDmatch, the DNA database that helped identify the Golden State Killer, was hacked. Then email addresses from its users were used in a phishing attack on another leading genealogy site. On July 19, genealogy enthusiasts who use the website GEDmatch to upload their DNA information and find relatives to fill in their family trees got an unpleasant surprise. Suddenly, more than a million DNA profiles that had been hidden from cops using the site to find partial matches to crime scene (...)
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