I-DNA database hacks: Uhlu lozalo oluku-inthanethi luba umdlalo ofanelekile wokuphulwa kwezokuphepha

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• Igama lomlobi

  I-Quantumrun Foresight
• November 25, 2021

Ukwenyuka kwama-hacks e-DNA kudalule ulwazi lofuzo olubucayi. Lokhu kwephula umthetho kudale isidingo esiphuthumayo sezinyathelo ezithuthukisiwe zokuphepha ku-inthanethi, ukubeka izinto obala mayelana nezinqubo zokuphepha, nemithetho eqinile yokuvikela idatha. Isimo siphinde siveze amathuba okukhula kwemisebenzi kwezokuphepha ku-inthanethi, intuthuko yezobuchwepheshe ekuvikelweni kwedatha, kanye nokuvela kwezimakethe ezintsha njengomshwalense we-cybersecurity.

I-DNA database hacks umongo

Kube nenani elikhulayo lama-hacks e-DNA database eminyakeni yamuva nje njengoba amathuluzi okuhlola i-DNA anda ekudumeni. Isibonelo, ngomhlaka-19 Julayi 2020, abagebengu bangena ngesinyenyela kumaseva e-GEDMatch futhi benza idatha ye-DNA yabasebenzisi abayisigidi yatholakala kwabomthetho ngokumelene nemvume yabo. Ngeshwa, i-GEDMatch ibingazi ngalokhu kusongela kwaze kwaba ngamahora amathathu ngemuva kokugebenga futhi kudingeke ukuthi idonse isayithi labo lingaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi ngezinjongo zokuphepha. 

I-GEDMatch iyithuluzi elidumile elisetshenziswa abathengi abavamile kanye nabezomthetho ukuxazulula amacala abandayo njenge-Golden Slate Killer Case. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abasebenzisi bavame ukulayisha imininingwane yofuzo ehlanganiswe amanye amasayithi afana ne-MyHeritage ukuze bathole izihlobo ezilahlekile. Ngeshwa, i-GEDMatch ayizange ibe sobala mayelana nenqubo, ithi izigebengu ze-inthanethi azilandanga noma iyiphi idatha. I-MyHeritage, nokho, isho eposini lebhulogi ukuthi abaduni bafinyelele ama-imeyili abasebenzisi ukuze bahlele ukugebenga okuzayo. 

Ama-hacks esizindalwazi se-DNA enza abasebenzisi babe sengcupheni kakhulu kunokunye ukwephulwa kwedatha ngoba aveza ulwazi olubucayi njengezingozi zezempilo ezingaba khona. Kunezindlela ezintathu eziyinhloko abaduni abangazisebenzisa kuma-hacks e-DNA database. Lokhu kufaka phakathi ukufaka amathayela Okufanayo Ngokulandelana (IBS), ukuhlola, kanye nokuyenga. Ngokulandelana, lezi zindlela zibandakanya ukusebenzisa iqoqo lomphakathi le-DNA yomuntu lapho izigebengu zingakwazi (1) ukulayisha ama-genome kuze kube yilapho bathola okufanayo abakufunayo, (2) ukubheka okuhlukile kofuzo oluthile (njengalolu lomdlavuza webele) , noma (3) akhohlise i-algorithm ukuze embule izihlobo zofuzo oluthile. 

Umthelela ophazamisayo 

Njengoba idatha ye-DNA iqukethe ulwazi lomuntu siqu nolubucayi kakhulu, ukufinyelela kwayo okungagunyaziwe kungaholela ekusetshenzisweni kabi okungaba khona, njengokuntshontshwa kobunikazi noma ukubandlululwa ngokofuzo. Ngokwesibonelo, ukuthambekela kofuzo komuntu ezifweni ezithile kungase kusetshenziswe izinkampani zomshwalense ukuze zinyuse amaphrimiyamu noma zinqabele ukukhokhelwa. Ngakho-ke, kubalulekile ukuthi abantu bazi ngalezi zingozi futhi bathathe izinyathelo zokuphepha ezifanele lapho babelana ngedatha yabo yofuzo nanoma iyiphi isevisi.

Ezinkampanini ezibhekene nedatha yofuzo, imithelela yesikhathi eside yalawa ma-hacks ahlukahlukene. Kudingeka batshale imali ethe xaxa ezindleleni zokuphepha ku-inthanethi ukuze bavikele imininingwane yabo egciniwe ekwephuleni okungase kube khona. Le nqubo ayibandakanyi nje kuphela ukusebenzisa izinhlelo ezithuthukisiwe zokuphepha kodwa futhi idinga ukucwaningwa kwamabhuku okuvamile kanye nezibuyekezo ukuze ihambisane nezinsongo ze-cyber eziguqukayo. Izinkampani kumele zisebenzele ukwakha ukwethembana kubathengi bazo ngokuphumela obala ngezinqubo zabo zokuphepha kanye nokufundisa abathengi mayelana nezinyathelo ezithathwayo ukuze kuvikelwe idatha yabo. Ukwengeza, izinkampani zidinga ukucabangela ukusebenzisa izinqubomgomo zokuphatha nokwabelana ngemininingwane.

Ngokombono kahulumeni, ukukhuphuka kwama-hacks edatha ye-DNA kudinga ukuthuthukiswa kwemithethonqubo nezinqubomgomo eziqinile. Ohulumeni kudingeka basungule izindinganiso eziqinile zokuvikela idatha yofuzo futhi baphoqelele izinhlawulo zokungathobeli. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kufanele futhi bakhuthaze ucwaningo kanye nentuthuko kuzixazululo ze-cybersecurity ezenzelwe idatha yofuzo. Lo mzamo awugcini nje ngokudala indawo ephephile yokuphatha idatha yofuzo kodwa futhi uvula amathuba emisebenzi amasha ezimpambanweni ze-biotechnology, biostatistics, kanye ne-cybersecurity.

Imiphumela ye-DNA database hacks 

Imithelela ebanzi yama-hacks e-DNA database ingase ihlanganise: 

• Isisekelo samakhasimende esincishisiwe kumasayithi ozalo ngenxa yokuntuleka kokuthembana kwabathengi.
• Ukutholakala kwemisebenzi ephezulu yokuqinisa iminyango ye-cybersecurity kumasevisi anjalo.
• Amathuba amaningi okucwaninga ukuze abathweswe iziqu baqonde ukuthi ukugebengwa kwedatha ye-DNA kusebenza kanjani, okuhlanganisa izingozi nezindlela zokuvimbela.
• Ukwenyuka kwesidingo sezinsizakalo zokwelulekwa ngofuzo, okuhlanganisa nokuvikela ubumfihlo bofuzo. 
• Ukwakhiwa kwemakethe entsha yomshwalense we-cybersecurity, okuholela ekukhuleni komnotho kanye nokuncintisana okwandayo phakathi kwabahlinzeki bomshwalense.
• Ukushintshashintsha kwenani labantu njengabantu ngabanye bangakhetha ukugwema ukuhlolwa kofuzo ngenxa yokukhathazeka okuyimfihlo, okuholela ezikhaleni ezingaba khona kudatha yezempilo yomphakathi kanye nezinselele emizamweni yokuvimbela izifo.
• Ukusheshiswa kwentuthuko yezobuchwepheshe ekubetheleni kanye nokwenziwa kungaziwa kwedatha, okuholela ekuthuthukisweni kokuqanjwa kabusha nokudalwa kweziqalo ezintsha zobuchwepheshe.
• Isidingo sezikhungo zedatha ezonga amandla futhi ezivikelekile ukuze kugcinwe futhi kuvikelwe umthamo okhulayo wolwazi lofuzo.

Imibuzo okufanele icatshangelwe

• Ucabanga ukuthi iziphathimandla zikahulumeni kufanele zifune ukucaca okwengeziwe ezinsizeni zozalo ku-inthanethi? 
• Ucabanga ukuthi umthengi ojwayelekile uyazazi izingozi zokusebenzisa amawebhusayithi anjalo?