Collaborate Disseminate
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DNA testing application MyHeritage announced that it has fallen victim to a cyberattack. It appears a security researcher allegedly found online, on a private server, a database containing over 92 million user emails and hashed passwords stolen by a my… Continue reading MyHeritage breach leaks 92 million emails, hashed passwords
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An unspecified “private” server was found with the account data of users who signed up for the service, in the largest breach since Equifax last year. Continue reading DNA Testing Service MyHeritage Leaks User Data of 92 Million Customers
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MyHeritage, an Israeli DNA, and genealogy website has suffered a massive
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MyHeritage, the Israel-based DNA testing service designed to investigate family history, has disclosed that the company website was breached last year by unknown attackers, who stole login credentials of its more than 92 million customers.
The company… Continue reading MyHeritage Says Over 92 Million User Accounts Have Been Compromised
More than 92 million users had data stolen from the online DNA and genealogy platform MyHeritage, the site announced on Tuesday. Omer Deutsch, the company’s chief information security officer, said an independent security researcher discovered a file containing the collection tens of millions of email addresses and hashed passwords located outside of MyHeritage. “We determined that the file was legitimate and included the email addresses and hashed passwords of 92,283,889 users who had signed up to MyHeritage up to and including Oct 26, 2017 which is the date of the breach,” Deutsch wrote in a blog post on Tuesday morning. The customer DNA and genealogy data that makes up the heart of the company’s work is stored on systems segregated from the breached material, the company said. There is “no reason to believe” the systems with genetic data “have been compromised,” Deutsch said. The Israeli company said it has hired an […]
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On Monday MyHeritage announced a security researcher had uncovered tens of millions of account details for recent customers, including email addresses and hashed passwords. Continue reading Hacked: 92 Million Account Details for DNA Testing Service MyHeritage