Data Breach Exposes 300K RootsWeb Users’ Login Credentials

A data breach has exposed the login credentials belonging to 300,000 users of RootsWeb, a service owned and sponsored by Ancestry.com. On 4 December 2017, someone posted a file containing the usernames and plaintext passwords of 300,000 users to a hack… Continue reading Data Breach Exposes 300K RootsWeb Users’ Login Credentials

Leaky RootsWeb Server Exposes Some Ancestry.com User Data

Ancestry.com closes parts of its community-driven genealogy site RootsWeb as it investigates a leaky server that exposed thousands of passwords, email addresses and usernames to the public internet. Continue reading Leaky RootsWeb Server Exposes Some Ancestry.com User Data