We all smiled because we knew that a minor change in a program could have disastrous, unseen consequences.
For example, while in the Air Force, I made a coding change to a program and it set off an alarm system that put the base on high alert (didn't get caught, didn't say a word).
Your DNA is your operating system.
Excellent point! Too bad the result of this meddling is a lot of dead and crippled people. That they tied it to earning a living and other various means of intimidation puts these monsters into criminal territory