MyHeritage, a DNA Testing and Ancestry Service, Announces Data Breach of Over 92 Million Account Details (vice.com)

Joseph Cox, reporting for Motherboard: Unfortunately for customers of MyHeritage, a genealogy and DNA testing service, a researcher uncovered 92 million account details related to the company sitting on a server, according to an announcement from MyHeritage. The data relates to users who signed up to MyHeritage up to and including October 26, 2017 -- the date of the breach -- the announcement adds. Users of the Israeli-based company can create family trees and search through historical records to try and uncover their ancestry. In January 2017, Israeli media reported the company has some 35 million family trees on its website. In all, the breach impacted 92,283,889 users, according to MyHeritage's disclosure.

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Re:Gives a whole new meaning: Who's your daddy?

[TechyImmigrant]

>Who's your daddy?

In my family's case, it was "Who's your uncle?" and "Who's your cousin?".

My wife's bible bashing, holier than thou grandfather was dipping his wick in many places it seems. The denial on the part of the bible bashing, holier than thou, next generation was remarkable.

23andme uncovered these things.