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Mystery Matches at GEDmatch

July 21, 2020 thednageek 6d Comments

As this post was set to publish, MyHeritage announced a phishing attack that may stem from the GEDmatch hack. (Read…

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: GEDmatch, genetic privacy, hacking, privacy breach

Phishing Attempt at MyHeritage

thednageek 6d Comments

Two days ago, GEDmatch was hacked. Many of us saw bizarre DNA matches that shared too much DNA to be…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: GEDmatch, genetic privacy, hacking, MyHeritage, phishing, security

GEDmatch Goes Haywire

July 19, 2020 thednageek 68d Comments

Sometime on the morning of Sunday, 19 July 2020, the GEDmatch site was either hacked or experienced a severe programming…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: GEDmatch, genetic privacy, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement

GEDmatch Sells

December 9, 2019 thednageek 30d Comments

As of December 9, 2019, GEDmatch is operated by Verogen, Inc. (“Verogen”) following the acquisition by Verogen of the GEDmatch…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: GEDmatch, genetic privacy, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement, Terms of Service, Verogen

The GEDmatch Warrant

November 18, 2019 thednageek 23d Comments

This summer, GEDmatch was served with a warrant from an Orlando, Florida, court pertaining to a violent serial rapist.  The…

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Posted in: Forensic Genetic Genealogy Filed under: Department of Justice, Florida, GEDmatch, genetic privacy, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement, opt-out, warrant

Timeline of Investigative Genetic Genealogy

November 16, 2019 thednageek 9d Comments

This post is updated as events transpire. This post lists key events in the evolution of “forensic genetic genealogy” or…

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Posted in: Forensic Genetic Genealogy Filed under: Bode Technology, DNA Doe Project, Family Tree DNA, GEDmatch, genetic privacy, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement, Parabon NanoLabs, Terms of Service

There Is No Opt-Out

November 5, 2019 thednageek 38d Comments

This post has been updated. Today, The New York Times published a shocking article.  Some time this summer, GEDmatch granted…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: GEDmatch, genetic privacy, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement, Terms of Service, trust

The Whole of the Moon

October 22, 2019 thednageek 15d Comments

A song by the British–Irish folk-rock band The Waterboys has been playing on repeat in my head lately: I pictured…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: adversary, genetic privacy, Graham Coop lab, scientific papers

The Slippery Slope

May 15, 2019 thednageek 16d Comments

A family friend has leukemia. He’s 11. Without chemotherapy, he would have died. Thanks to modern biomedical research, though, he’s…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: forensic genealogy, GEDmatch, genetic privacy, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement, Terms of Service

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

March 14, 2019 thednageek 41d Comments

Almost.  Family Tree DNA almost got it right. In late January 2019, we learned that FTDNA had quietly changed their…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: Family Tree DNA, genetic privacy, informed consent, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement

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