>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;"
Re:“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
by austinjp on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @08:45PM
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Not just this world, other worlds too [0].
The first extraterrestrial software crime?
[0] https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/19/22291324/linux-perseveran...
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.