Malware-Laden DNA Could Attack Lab Machines

Cybersecurity researchers say they’ve managed to insert malware into synthetic DNA data which could theoretically be used to disrupt police forensic work or steal valuable IP. Peter Ney, Karl Koscher, Lee Organick, Luis Ceze, and Tadayoshi Kohno at the University of Washington presented their findings at the 2017 Usenix Security Symposium this week.

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