Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, has warned people against sharing their DNA with genealogy companies, claiming that it could allegedly be used to make bio-weapons targeted to kill a specific person only.
“You can actually take someone’s DNA, take – you know – their medical profile and you can target a biological weapon that will kill that person or take them off the battlefield or make them inoperable”, Crow said at the Aspen Security Forum.
A recent report explained how DNA databases owned by private companies can be used to make bio-weapons like the ones Crow warned about. The DNA databases could be hacked and the data used to create a weapon targeting one person only.
Crow noted that the development of such weapons is cause for concern, given people willingly share their DNA with DNA testing companies...
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