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# Cybersecurity Alert on Illumina Device Software
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/cybersecurity-alert-on-illumina-device-software/
- Published: 2023-04-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T18:28:13.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5154314

FDA has issued an alert about a cybersecurity vulnerability affecting the Universal Copy Service software in the Illumina MiSeqDx, NextSeq 550Dx, iScan, iSeq 100, MiniSeq, MiSeq, NextSeq 500, NextSeq 550, NextSeq 1000/2000, and NovaSeq 6000 sequencing instruments. The devices are specified either for clinical diagnostic use in sequencing a person’s DNA for various genetic conditions or for research use only.

The [agency’s alert](https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/letters-health-care-providers/illumina-cybersecurity-vulnerability-affecting-universal-copy-service-software-may-present-risks?utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fsource=govdelivery) says that an unauthorized user could exploit the vulnerability by taking control remotely and “altering settings, configurations, software, or data on the instrument or a customer’s network.” It says that to date no reports have been received on the vulnerability being exploited. Meanwhile, llumina has developed a software patch to protect against the exploitation, it adds.