Re:“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
by ddeck on Thursday April 22, 2021 @12:03AM
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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 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;"
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