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Bioterrorists can trick scientists into making dangerous toxins or viruses by infecting lab computers with malware that alters synthetic DNA they produce for experiments
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9002433/Bioterrorists-trick-sci…

Cyber security researchers uncovered an online attack that tricks scientists into creating toxic chemicals or deadly viruses in their own labs by replacing ordered sequences with malicious ones.

Date Published
November 30, 2020
Topics
Health and Medical Applications
Security
Length
Short (5 min or less)
Material Type
Media Article
Source
The Daily Mail
Author

Stacy Libratore




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