I see a lot of speakers on the AAHGS 2020 Virtual Conference roster that I recognize including:
Desi Campbell
Crista Cowan
Nicka Smith
Renate Yarborough Sanders
and our own Diane Richard
There are so many more. Check out the speaker list here.
Agenda is here.
Registration page here. Early Registration ends Aug. 15,2020.
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Monday, July 27, 2020
Friday, July 24, 2020
Free Access to Ancestry.com Library Edition Extended
Ancestry Library Access extended thru the end of August. Access with Wake County issued library card through Cameron Village Regional Library or your NC Govt and Heritage Library card.
Update from Proquest Here
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Update from Proquest Here
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Oy! Security breaches that need your attention
It has been a tough couple days security wise in the genealogy world. Do your due diligence. Make sure you change/have secure passwords and attend to any other changes you need to make.
A security vulnerability in the Mackiev product, Family Tree Maker, has been reported and is summerized in a report at Infosecurity Magazine. View report here.
A melicious attack has occurred at Gedmatch this past weekend. The site has been up and down since the discovery and is currently set in a "down for maintenance" state.
This statement was publisned on the Gedmatch Facebook page on Monday.
Check your kits, folks.
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A security vulnerability in the Mackiev product, Family Tree Maker, has been reported and is summerized in a report at Infosecurity Magazine. View report here.
A melicious attack has occurred at Gedmatch this past weekend. The site has been up and down since the discovery and is currently set in a "down for maintenance" state.
This statement was publisned on the Gedmatch Facebook page on Monday.
"On the morning of July 19, GEDmatch experienced a security breach orchestrated through a sophisticated attack on one of our servers via an existing user account. We became aware of the situation a short time later and immediately took the site down. As a result of this breach, all user permissions were reset, making all profiles visible to all users. This was the case for approximately 3 hours. During this time, users who did not opt in for law enforcement matching were available for law enforcement matching and, conversely, all law enforcement profiles were made visible to GEDmatch users.You will want to check in when the Gedmatch site becomes available again. Of the number of kits that I manage, all but 2 were set as research prior to the breach. After the breach when I could check in briefly, all were set as active visible kits. The LE opt in that was reported to be compromised, had reverted back to my pre set choices, but my research settings have not reverted to my preference at the present.
This was the extent of the breach. No user data was downloaded or compromised.
We have reported the unauthorized access to the appropriate authorities and continue to work toward identifying the individuals responsible for this violation.
Today, as we continued to investigate the incident and work on a permanent solution to safeguard against threats of this nature, we discovered that the site was still vulnerable and made the decision to take the site down until such time that we can be absolutely sure that user data is protected against potential attacks. We are working with a cybersecurity firm to conduct a comprehensive forensic review and help us implement the best possible security measures.
This is clearly disappointing for our company, as user privacy and data security are our top priorities. We apologize to our GEDmatch users and our law enforcement customers for the concern and frustration this situation has caused.
Thank you for your continued support of GEDmatch.
If you have questions, please reach out to us at gedmatch@verogen.com. We will update you as soon as we have more information to share."
Check your kits, folks.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Upchurch and Allied Families Newsletter for July 2020
If you are a follower of UAFA, you will really enjoy this issue of the newsletter. It is packed with content. Read here.
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Friday, July 3, 2020
Use Fold3's Revolutionary War Collection free thru July 15
Find your Rev War Patriot in the records collection at Fold3. Registration is required. Free access thru July 15, 11:59pm.
Fold3 link
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