23andMe announced that customer profile information was accessed without user consent, including DNA Relatives profiles for individual accounts.

A forensic lab in Pennsylvania is using a new Vacuum Metal Deposition, which can reveal latent fingerprints on materials, according to a news report. 

A forensic team in the UK is using a new mass spectrometry technology that could help solve unsolved crimes, according to a news report. 

More than a third (38%) of Americans believe biometrics will increase their smartphone security, while 25% are skeptical and 37% don’t know.
 

A company has taken plant DNA and adapted it to serve as a new form of security for crime stopping purposes in both civilian and military arenas.

In an effort to crack down on robberies at McDonald’s in Sydney, the company has hired a British security firm to install a system that sprays a “non-toxic solution with DNA Code” on would-be thieves on their way out the door of the fast-food outlets.