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Researchers checked bugs into the Linux kernel to see if they'd get noticed. The bugs got through. Their uni got banned.
Monday May 3, 2021. 07:44 PM , from BoingBoing
Researchers at the University of Minnesota checked deliberately bugulent code to the Linux kernel [PDF] to demonstrate how a malicious actor might slip past the open-source review process. They were successful, but at what cost: the extraordinarily hostile and impersonal research embarassed volunteers and forced the Linux Foundation to explain itself. — Read the rest
https://boingboing.net/2021/05/03/researchers-checked-bugs-into-the-linux-kernel-to-see-if-theyd-get...
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