Posted on 10/19/2023 2:36:00 PM PDT by week 71
Cybercriminals who have hacked into an ancestry website could use the data to target hundreds of thousands of Britons.
The DNA profiling firm 23andMe has warned that a hacker named 'Golem' leaked the genetic profiles of 4million of its users, including data linked to the British Royal Family and dynasties such as the Rothschilds and Rockefellers.
Chillingly the hacker has said that the massive release is to target 'families serving Zionism', sparking fears it could be used to target users based on their ethnicity, especially the Jewish community.
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Here I thought being a supporter of Trump was bad.
I now identify as “ Jewish “
Me: "Go ahead, what the hell do I care?;
Several DNA sites have been instrumental in helping me discover health issues when my Doctors were clueless. I used a fake name and prepaid credit card.
I guess some Nazi like Jihadi might use the information to target and kill people.
Kind of a scary thought
I guess some Nazi like Jihadi might use the information to target and kill people.
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Maybe some laboratory “fine tuning” to the next release of “the vaccine”
sheesh...didnt even think of that...but yeah
btw, the 23andme is not a very deep analysis. Much of what I have discovered for me took a whole genome test on things that 23andme didnt pick up
Much as I would want to do the genetic history thing, it’s seems pretty stupid to give your DNA away along with your name and Addy.
That’s just asking to be digitally raped.
Why is that stuff online, anyway? It should be processed in a lab, the answers put INTO a computer, but then printed out, and all the info saved OFF LINE.
I don’t voluntarily give over my dna to anyone or any company.
I don’t know how accurate Ancestry was when every week I got an update on my DNA. Also, the first three months said I had jewish ancestry then the next, it disappeared. This happened several years ago.
Bkmk
This is not to alarm you but...
Using various techniques, an analyst could possibly be able to match that DNA data against other databases containing your actual current address and most frequently used credit card. Such data could be openly purchased (you would be surprised what your cell phone and credit card companies will sell marketers), or from a hacker on the dark web (such as hacked medical information with a blood test profile).
Alone the data seems harmless, but in aggregate when multiple data sources are available, researchers have found that as few as 3 pieces of public information can uniquely identify a person. Once a person has been identified, getting their address and other information is often straightforward.
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https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/24/researchers-spotlight-the-lie-of-anonymous-data/
“...looking at credit card metadata that just four random pieces of information were enough to re-identify 90% of the shoppers as unique individuals”
“Researchers from two universities in Europe have published a method they say is able to correctly re-identify 99.98% of individuals in anonymized data”
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https://dataprivacylab.org/projects/identifiability/paper1.pdf “Simple Demographics Often Identify People Uniquely” “2.1. Linking to re-identify de-identified data”
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“If you cannot identify an individual directly from the information that you are processing (for example where all identifiers have been removed) an individual may still be identifiable by other means. This may be from information you already hold, or information that you need to obtain from another source. Similarly, a third party could use information you process and combine it with other information available to them.”
This is just something to think about because our personal data is being regularly hacked and sold. With emphasis on the “sold” part.
nver did 23 n me not going to.
To back up your observation and posting:
A couple of years ago, a friend somehow got scammed and had to cancel his credit cards and re open them.
Somehow his 4 digits of his SS# were possibly involved.
So he and his banker called the national SS office and discussed the possibility to discuss that issue. The SS lady was very helpful and no damage was done.
She asked if he was a California licensed driver.
He said yes and she informed him that the CA DMV had his SS#, and all of us licensed drivers had done that in getting or renewing our licenses.
She said that would keep her from ever moving to California.
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