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Gene Sequencing Giant Illumina Settles for $9.8M Over Product Vulnerabilities

Posted on August 4, 2025August 4, 2025 By CWS

Gene sequencing big Illumina has agreed to pay $9.8 million to settle accusations that merchandise offered to the US authorities had been affected by cybersecurity vulnerabilities, the Justice Division introduced final week.

Illumina has been accused that between 2016 and 2023 it offered to federal companies genomic sequencing techniques that had been affected by vulnerabilities. 

The corporate allegedly additionally lacked a correct safety program and the means to determine and handle such vulnerabilities.

The federal government stated Illumina failed to include cybersecurity into the lifecycle of its merchandise, did not allocate enough sources to product safety, did not patch design options introducing vulnerabilities, and falsely claimed that its software program adhered to cybersecurity requirements.

The cybersecurity company CISA issued an advisory to inform organizations about vulnerabilities in Illumina merchandise, particularly the Native Run Supervisor, in 2022. The company warned on the time that the failings could possibly be exploited by a distant, unauthenticated attacker to take over the product.

In 2023, each CISA and the FDA issued notifications over vulnerabilities within the Common Copy Service (UCS) element utilized by a number of of Illumina’s genetic sequencing devices, warning that the safety holes may enable distant hacking.

The $9.8 million settlement resolves a lawsuit filed beneath the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act by a former Illumina worker, who will obtain $1.9 million of the quantity. 

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