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Illumina, Feds Say Genetic Testing Gear at Risk of Hacking


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Feds Warn of Vulnerabilities Affecting Illumina’s Universal Copy Service Software

Illumina, Feds Say Genetic Testing Gear at Risk of Hacking
Flaws in Illumina’s Universal Copy Service software could allow hackers to take over certain genetic testing gear, warn federal authorities. (Image: Illumina)

Federal authorities are warning that hackers could take over genetic testing devices manufactured by Illumina, although neither the manufacturer nor the Food and Drug Administration has received reports of attacks.

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The FDA said the vulnerabilities affect Illumina’s proprietary Universal Copy Service software. Illumina posted a list of affected devices.

In a separate Thursday alert, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned that a remote code execution bug tracked as CVE-2023-1966 allows hackers to “change settings, configurations, software, or access sensitive data.”

Another, CVE-2023-1968, allows attackers to use UCS to listen on all IP addresses in a network, including those capable of accepting remote communications.

Alex Aravanis, Illumina chief technology officer, in a post Thursday on LinkedIn said that upon identifying the vulnerabilities, “our team worked diligently to develop mitigations to protect our instruments and customers.”

The company is providing customers with “a simple software update at no cost, requiring little to no downtime for most” to address the issues, he said.

Besides the software updates, CISA also recommended users take “defensive measures” to…

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