Beijing time is early on June 6 a message, myHeritage of website of consumptive level family tree announces, the email address related to 92 million account of this company and password information by hacker filch. MyHeritage expresses, the safe administrator of this company gets the message that a researcher sends, latter is in this company external one discovered on the server demesne the name is " Myheritage " file, the email address that account of 92.28 million MyHeritage included inside and add close password.
"Show without evidence the data in the file is used by malfeasant. " this company week says in statement later on.
MyHeritage allows an user to make family tree, search the history is recorded and seek potential dear one. This company established 2003 at Israel, rolled out MyHeritage DNA 2016, the user should send example of a saliva to be able to undertake gene detect only. This website has 96 million user at present, among them 1.4 million once had accept gene to detect.
According to Introduction Heritage, this flaw happened on October 26, 2017, the user that suffers an effect is to be in what that registers before the day. This company still shows, they do not have the password of memory user, all passwords come loose through so called individual event kind kind undertakes adding close, the data of different user needs to use different close key ability to visit.
But in the hacker incident before, this kind of mechanism once defeated solution, change a code thereby. In case is such, the hacker can be obtained its individual information is gotten after entry user account, include the capacity of domestic member. But although the hacker can enter user account, get primitive gene information unlikelily also easily, because want to download these content, need undertakes affirming through email.
This company emphasizes in statement, DNA data storage is in " on the system of segregation, depart each other with the system that saves email, include extra safe layer among them. Include extra safe layer among them..
MyHeritage had established round-the-clock support group, provide a help to get the user of the influence. This company still plans to invite company of independent network security to investigate this matter, strengthen a safety precaution likely. Meanwhile, they also suggest the user changes a code.
As consumption class DNA test expands the trade that makes a 99 million dollar, about user illicit the security problem of secret data also causes more and more attention. Track through website of some family tree in inquirer " case of golden city killer " after the suspect, be anxious to also promote considerably about the privacy of DNA data.
