First GEDmatch, the DNA database that helped identify the Golden State Killer, was hacked. Then email addresses from its users were used in a phishing attack on another leading genealogy site.On July 19, genealogy enthusiasts who use the website to upload their DNA information and find relatives to fill in their family trees got an unpleasant surprise. Suddenly, more than a million DNA profiles that had been hidden from cops using the site to find partial matches to crime scene DNA were available for police to search.The news has undermined efforts by , the forensic genetics company that ,...…First GEDmatch, the DNA database that helped identify the Golden State Killer, was hacked. Then email addresses from its users were used in a phishing attack on another leading genealogy site.On July 19, genealogy enthusiasts who use the website to upload their DNA information and find relatives to fill in their family trees got an unpleasant surprise. Suddenly, more than a million DNA profiles that had been hidden from cops using the site to find partial matches to crime scene DNA were available for police to search.The news has undermined efforts by , the forensic genetics company that ,...WW…

“It’s like the guy went crazy with Photoshop,” said one expert in scientific image manipulation.The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, and sign up for our newsletter, .The founder of Surgisphere, the little-known health data analytics company blamed for the retraction of two prominent scientific papers on , is in more trouble.On Friday evening, Elisabeth Bik, a consultant who in analyzing scientific papers for signs of data manipulation, spotted multiple duplications in images from a...…“It’s like the guy went crazy with Photoshop,” said one expert in scientific image manipulation.The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, and sign up for our newsletter, .The founder of Surgisphere, the little-known health data analytics company blamed for the retraction of two prominent scientific papers on , is in more trouble.On Friday evening, Elisabeth Bik, a consultant who in analyzing scientific papers for signs of data manipulation, spotted multiple duplications in images from a...WW…