
As the use of 3D printing increases and becomes more widespread and less costly, it presents a range of potential threats and benefits to the nation’s security, according to a new report. Potential threats include untraceable weapons and parts, explosives, sabotaging critical parts, concealing illicit items inside printed parts, cyber and physical compromise of printing technology, counterfeit parts, and biometric spoofing, such as making masks and fingerprints to fool biometric readers, says the report that was approved on Monday by…