According to Adobe, "STL was created by 3D Systems in 1987 as part of their stereolithography printing technology for commercial 3D printers. Since its creation, the STL file format hasn't changed ...

As rapid-fire advances enrich the 3D-printing landscape, file formats have to keep pace to support these changes, or there’s a risk of neutralizing further progress.

The Disarming Corruptor is a free piece of software designed to "corrupt" and "repair" an STL file used to 3D print. It's based on seven key values that can be tweaked to distort the file.