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Re:Malware Encoded in DNA Can Hack Gene-Sequencing Software by patrickg_zill on Thursday August 10, 2017 @08:05PM (#14985531)
This reminds me of the William Gibson short story, "New Rose Hotel", for some reason.
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Re:Malware Encoded in DNA Can Hack Gene-Sequencing Software by andyjohnson0 on Friday August 11, 2017 @06:36AM (#14988233)
"The diskette in my hand. Rain on the river. I knew, but I couldn't face it. I put the code for that meningial virus back into your purse and lay down beside you.

So Moenner died, along with other Hosaka researchers. Including Hiroshi. Chedanne suffered permanent brain damage.

Hiroshi hadn't worried about contamination. The proteins he punched for were harmless. So the synthesizer hummed to itself all night long building a virus to the specifications of Maas Biolabs GmbH. Maas. Small, fast, ruthless -- All Edge."

Written in 1981.

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Re:Malware Encoded in DNA Can Hack Gene-Sequencing Software by mycall on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:35PM (#14986198)
I miss cyberspace. So much potential.
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