Being of Japanese ancestry, it would be difficult if not impossible to find anyone on my family tree past my grandparents who were born in the 1880's. I already know where they came from. I'm pretty sure everyone previous to them were peasants.
Reminds me, I work for the govt, and our network security B]>And even then - It's only as secure as the people operating it. Just look at what happened with STUXNET.
I hear what your saying. I knew someone who was adopted. He went looking for his birth mother and she was looking for him too. It was a big happy reunion apparently. Not sure what data source he used. Perhaps this service mentioned would work?Some would like to know that info and use 23 and me to find out who/what their father really was. There are untold possibilities as to his background.
FYI-some of us have similar stories.
My medical privacy is important to me. As far as my DNA, there’s no way I would do a test but if you think about it it’s super easy to get someone’s DNA. Just grab the Dunkin Doughnuts cup they just threw in the garbage, you have DNA.
What is curious, why not more hacks of financial institutions, banks, brokerages? They must have some serious protection. Not a theory, just thinking out loud. Not political, not lewd, not religion.
I doubt that was a data breach.I'm not sure how it happened...but I have an ATM card for the estate account for my dad's estate. I have ONLY ever used it in a Truist ATM, to make check deposits. Somehow about $125 of fraudulent charges for "Twitch TV" showed up on it. I had to call the bank to get them removed.
No explanation as to how that happened. Card had NEVER been used otherwise. Had NEVER been used to make a purchase anywhere.
I doubt that was a data breach.
Probably computer gen'd. Little known, but happens.
It has happened. I doubt still it was a mass data breach.Someone somehow managed to computer generate a valid 16-digit card number, an expiration date, AND a pin?
The chances of that are very, very small.
It has happened. I doubt still it was a mass data breach.
There are other methods, but the use method was obviously remote.
The criminal computers bounce the numbers around not all numbers hit the same service, nor is one number repeated. It's not a human doing it.They'd have to attempt a transaction with each computer generated number..and what bank is going to allow the huge number of attempts required before blocking the card?
That is, unless, they happened to generate all the correct numbers on the first try. The lottery has better odds.
The criminal computers bounce the numbers around not all numbers hit the same service, nor is one number repeated. It's not a human doing it.
Just gonna put this here, I think the problem is with Truist and this seems to show that:
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Months after Channel 2 investigation, Truist Bank customers still experiencing fraud problems
The issues first started after the merger of Sun Trust and BB&T banks were finalized.www.wsbtv.com