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DNA is now a computer attack vector 80

"a group of researchers from the University of Washington has shown for the first time that it’s possible to encode malicious software into physical strands of DNA, so that when a gene sequencer analyzes it the resulting data becomes a program that corrupts gene-sequencing software and takes control of the underlying computer."

wired.com/story/malware-dna-ha

Lew Perin @wrenpile

@paralithode eval considered harmful.

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