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What sort of lawsuit might they bring against a university whose researchers deliberately inserted malicious code into software that literally runs a good porti

What sort of lawsuit might they bring against a university whose researchers deliberately inserted malicious code into software that literally runs a good portion of the world? I'm no lawyer, but it seems like there'd be something actionable. On a side note, this brings into question any research written by any of the participating authors, ever. No more presumption of good faith.

austinjp 6y ago
Not just this world, other worlds too [0]. The first extraterrestrial software crime? [0] https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/19/22291324/linux-perseverance-mars-curiosity-ingenuity https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/19/22291324/linux-perseveran...
ddeck 6y ago
>What sort of lawsuit might they bring against a university whose researchers deliberately inserted malicious code into software that literally runs a good portion of the world? I am also not a lawyer, but aside from any civil action, the conduct looks like it might be considered criminal under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: "Whoever knowingly causes the transmission of a program, information, code, or command, and as a result of such conduct, intentionally causes damage without authorization, to a protected computer;" https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030#a_5 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030#a_5