Illumina, which has a near monopoly on the genetic-sequencing market, said it has developed a software patch for the vulnerability and is working on a permanent fix.
Google will offer Assured Open Source Software, the open source software it has vetted and uses internally, to enable enterprises to gain the benefits of OSS that has been verified as secure.
The attack may have been "a major wake-up call" about the need for greater resilience in IT environments, but have security teams hit the snooze bar one too many times?