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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by moisto on Thursday July 23, 2020 @08:22AM (#23926523)
I remember hearing about some dude in his 80's , arrested out of the blue, for a murder he committed ~30 years ago.

The police used the crime scene's partial DNA and compared it to somebody's 23andMe sample.

Thanks a lot, grandson!

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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by dewey on Thursday July 23, 2020 @08:30AM (#23926579)
That's probably the story you are referring to: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/10/we-will-find-you-dna...
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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by moisto on Thursday July 23, 2020 @08:35AM (#23926635)
Oh, wow yep that's the one. Thanks for source!
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