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#10 The Hacker News general August 03, 2026 at 08:05 UTC

Thermo Fisher Patches Flaw That Could Make DNA File Tampering Nearly Undetectable

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

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Thermo Fisher Scientific patched CVE-2026-17583, a flaw in select Applied Biosystems human identification software (tracking .fsa and .hid forensic DNA output files) that could allow nearly undetectable tampering with DNA analysis data if laboratory controls are circumvented, per the vendor's July 31 security bulletin. Manipulation of forensic DNA files prior to analysis software loading them could corrupt criminal justice or paternity outcomes without leaving obvious traces. Labs running affected Applied Biosystems software should apply the patch immediately given the potential for evidence integrity compromise.

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