TIL that in 2017, scientists successfully hacked a computer using physical DNA. They encoded malware into a synthetic biological sample. When a lab's DNA sequencer analyzed this liquid, the genetic data executed as computer code, giving the hackers full control of the system.

Scientists encoded malware into synthetic DNA, compromising a DNA sequencer in 2017.

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