Category: gedmatch

A security breach opened up access to a genealogy site’s DNA profiles

Post author By Randall
Post date July 23, 2020
Categories In Cyberattack, Cybersecurity, dna, exposed, gear, gedmatch, genealogy, hackers, Law Enforcement, myheritage, News, police, profiles, Security, Tech, verogen

[ad_1] According to Verogen, the company that recently purchased GEDmatch, no user data was downloaded or compromised. But two days later, the genealogy website MyHeritage alerted users to a phishing scheme that targeted people who used both MyHeritage and GEDmatch. In a statement posted online, the company said it suspects the attackers may have gleaned […]

Court convicts murder suspect found through a DNA database

Post author By Randall
Post date June 29, 2019
Categories In dna database, gear, gedmatch, genealogy, genealogy technique, Internet, medicine, Tech

[ad_1] Investigators linked Talbott to the 1987 murders of Canadian couple Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg after two of his cousins (from both sides of the family) uploaded their DNA profile to GEDMatch. The database, which also led to the Golden State Killer arrest, allows users to upload their DNA test results from services […]