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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.
This pipeline includes any facility that accepts DNA samples for computer-based gene sequencing and processing. An attacker could mess with a police investigation by tainting blood, hair, and saliva samples with injected malicious DNA they know will be sequenced on a computer.
"Since DNA sequencing is rapidly progressing into new domains, such as forensics and DNA data storage, we believe it is prudent to understand current security challenges in the DNA sequencing pipeline before mass adoption," write the researchers from the University of Washington's Paul Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering.
Though the prospect of defending against DNA malware is interesting, the researchers rigged the attack in their favor, making it unrealistic.
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