Applied DNA Sciences Inc (APDN)

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A Sci-Fi Hack, an interesting read.

For now, that threat remains more of a plot point in a Michael Crichton novel than one that should concern computational biologists. But as genetic sequencing is increasingly handled by centralized services—often run by university labs that own the expensive gene sequencing equipment—that DNA-borne malware trick becomes ever so slightly more realistic. Especially given that the DNA samples come from outside sources, which may be difficult to properly vet... And if DNA-based computer storage is coming, DNA-based computer attacks may not be so farfetched, he says.
"I read this paper with a smile on my face, because I think it’s clever," Shipman says (Seth Shipman, one member of a Harvard team that recently encoded a video in a DNA sample.). "Is it something we should start screening for now? I doubt it." But he adds that, with an age of DNA-based data possibly on the horizon, the ability to plant malicious code in DNA is more than a hacker parlor trick.

https://www.wired.com/story/malware-dna-hack