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

### Executive Summary Thermo Fisher disclosed a vulnerability in Applied Biosystems human identification software (affecting .fsa and .hid capillary electrophoresis output files) that can allow local attackers with write access to alter forensic DNA data undetectably; the vendor has issued patches and recommends immediate patching, access-control audits, file integrity monitoring, cryptographic hashing at instrument output, and stricter chain-of-custody controls.