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What Happens when a Genome Database is Breached with Michelle Meas (2x25)

Ausstrahlung: Mär 13, 2020

DNA sequencing has become a lot cheaper since its invention, even becoming a consumer good. However, the companies that perform this sequencing are unregulated, and what they do with the data is hardly transparent. We will begin with an overview of gene sequencing technology, discuss the data collected by companies and discuss how this data could be weaponized by bad actors after a data breach.