Leaky RootsWeb Server Exposes Some Ancestry.com User Data
Found on Threatpost on Saturday, 30 December 2017
Ancestry.com said it closed portions of its community-driven genealogy site RootsWeb as it investigated a leaky server that exposed 300,000 passwords, email addresses and usernames to the public internet.
Ancestry.com said RootsWeb has “millions” of members who use the site to share family trees, post user-contributed databases and host thousands of messaging boards.
The leak aside, it should make one feel a little uneasy to store your entire family history and all relationships online.