Impersonation Animation (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Impersonation Animation

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University of Washington researchers found that an adversary can use only a small number of comparisons on GEDmatch to extract sensitive genetic markers for someone and construct a fake genetic profile to impersonate someone's relative. Shown here is a genetic pedigree outline of two parents with two kids. Then another child (red) falsely claims to be related to the father.

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Rebecca Gourley/University of Washington

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