Malware was installed onto DNA as genetic letters and then translated into code using a DNA sequencer
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 on...
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