Researchers breach security using DNA
Malware was installed onto DNA as genetic letters and then translated into code using a DNA sequencer
![The work has been called '[the first] DNA-based exploit of a computer system.'](/api/v1/wps/284bb3d/a11d91db-5505-44a5-9314-177750f60584/1/blue-dna-580x358.jpg "The work has been called '[the first] DNA-based exploit of a computer system.'")
The next step in cyber warfare downplays the ‘cyber' part - in favour of genetics. Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle have ‘installed' malware into DNA that they purchased online,...
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