The article covers this and I think the title is a bit too general. It is a byproduct of how CRISPR works as it targets a specific sequence. In this case the sequence is also present in areas that were non-targeted. Essentially, the sequence was not unique so the process impacted other areas in unintended ways.
westurner|1 year ago
- "A NICER approach to genome editing with less mutations than CRISPR" (2023) [cas13d] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37698196 :
"Prediction of on-target and off-target activity of CRISPR–Cas13d guide RNAs using deep learning" (2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-023-01830-8