Category: genealogy

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 […]

23andMe’s VIP service includes a one-on-one chat to explain your DNA

Post author By Randall
Post date October 9, 2019
Categories In 23andme, ancestry, dna, gear, genealogy, genes, genetics, Internet, medicine, Tech, vip

[ad_1] How does a DNA testing service like 23andMe convince you to shell out more when the base results are the same? By rolling out the red carpet, it seems. The company has introduced a $499 VIP Health + Ancestry Service that includes two Health + Ancestry kits, faster lab processing, overnight shipping, a year […]

Justice Department sets rules for using genealogy sites to solve crimes

Post author By Randall
Post date September 25, 2019
Categories In crime, department of justice, dna, doj, fbi, gear, genealogy, genetics, Internet, justice department, law, murder, Politics, Tech

[ad_1] The policy generally limits law enforcement to considering genealogy sites when a candidate sample belongs to a possible culprit, or when a likely homicide victim is unidentified. Prosecutors can greenlight the use of these sites for violent crimes beyond murder and sexual assault, but only when the circumstances create a “substantial and ongoing threat” […]

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 […]