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Quote:“We became aware of the situation a short time later and immediately took the site down,” GEDmatch said.


GEDmatch briefly resumed but shut down again after it was the target of a second breach on Monday when all user permissions were set to opt-in to law enforcement matching, the company said.

“We can assure you that your DNA information was not compromised, as GEDmatch does not store raw DNA files on the site,” the company said. “When you upload your data, the information is encoded and the raw file deleted. This is one of the ways we protect our users’ most sensitive information.”