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Re:Malware Encoded in DNA Can Hack Gene-Sequencing Software by microcolonel on Thursday August 10, 2017 @09:51PM (#14986041)
> we see a character’s computer burst into flames

If we can just get malware that can prompt a personal computer to burst into flames.

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Re:Malware Encoded in DNA Can Hack Gene-Sequencing Software by stephengillie on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:05PM (#14986099)
With thermal throttling, simply stopping the fans and running processors at 100% may not be enough to HCF anymore.
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Re:Malware Encoded in DNA Can Hack Gene-Sequencing Software by nayuki on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:16PM (#14986343)
The infamous old video from Tom's Hardware Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxNUK3U73SI "What happens when the CPU cooler is removed?"
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Re:Malware Encoded in DNA Can Hack Gene-Sequencing Software by NegativeLatency on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:03PM (#14986089)
You could hop from the PC to something like a PLC and sabotage an industrial process (like stuxnet)
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