Next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) is under increasing criticism for its cyber risks. While NGS has transformed disciplines ranging from cancer diagnosis to infectious disease tracking, a recent study warns that the platforms that enable these advancements could also be used as a gateway by hackers and bad actors.
The study, published in IEEE Access and headed by Dr. Nasreen Anjum of the University of Portsmouth’s School of Computing, is the first to systematically map cyber-biosecurity vulnerabilities throughout the NGS workflow.
NGS technology, which enables rapid and cost-effective DNA and RNA sequencing, supports not only cancer research and medicine development, but also agricultural innovation and forensic science. Its ability to process millions to billions of DNA fragments at once has significantly reduced the cost and enhanced the speed of genome analysis, making it a standard in labs around the world.
However, the study focuses on a less-discussed aspect of this technological advancement: the increasing number of vulnerabilities at each stage of the NGS pipeline. From sampl
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