World’s first hack using DNA? Malware in genetic code could wreck police CSI work

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The research shows how attackers could disrupt a police investigation by injecting malicious DNA into samples they know will be sequenced on a computer.

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Scientists have successfully encoded a software exploit in a gene to remotely hack a computer.

But why would anyone want to hack a computer with a malicious DNA strand? The researchers who developed it argue an attacker could use it to hack any computer in the DNA sequencing pipeline.

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