Posted Monday 22. of February
Website Security Announcement
A breach of security has recently occurred on BRS Genealogy Ltd. which hosts the UHF site (ancestryireland.com and historyfromheadstones.com) in response to which all necessary defensive measures have been taken.
In the subsequent investigation it has not been confirmed that the part of the database which includes our member's usernames, email addresses and passwords has been accessed. However we believe it is necessary to respond to the situation with the utmost caution and take appropriate action.
No data relating to your online payment transactions (credit or debit card details) was on these servers. Please be assured that we do NOT store credit card details or any payment details. Nothing of that nature is held on our site and as a result such data is not at risk. All payments are handled by a secure payment gateway RBS Worldpay (www.rbsworldpay.com).
The Foundation has already contacted RBS Worldpay to advise them of the incident. They state that their site is 100% secure and payment transactions are totally safe.
What you need to do:
- We strongly recommend that all users take steps to change their passwords. (Click here for instructions on how to change your password)
- If you cannot remember your password then you can change your password automatically by completing the Forgot Password form.
- We recommend that users choose a non-dictionary word that is hard to guess containing both upper and lower case letters and numerals, and use different passwords for different websites.
- We also recommend that if you use the same email and password on other sites that you change your password on those sites also.
Since the breach a full review of security has taken place. Further security measures have been implemented to minimise the risk of such a breach happening again.
We apologise for this inconvenience.