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Accounts Of 92 Million Users Hacked On Popular Online Genealogy Site
MyHeritage, one of the nation鈥檚 most popular online genealogy sites, said a security breach had affected the email addresses and hashed passwords of 92 million users, raising concerns about the security of more sensitive data that the company collects. The website allows users to create family trees, search historical records, and look for possible relatives. It also operates MyHeritage DNA, a genetic testing service that lets users to send in their spit and have their genetic information analyzed. (Thielking, 6/5)
A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers聽are raising聽concerns聽about how聽the聽Department聽of Health and Human Services (HHS) is implementing聽a cyber law that aims to boost security by providing digital聽threat data. In a letter on Tuesday, the top lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and聽the Senate聽Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee pressed HHS Secretary Alex Azar to provide more information about executing the聽Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA).聽 (Beavers, 6/5)