What's ironic to me is that we're shifting the blame from people who attack computer systems - either directly or indirectly through malware - to otherwise innocent ( although demonstrably lacking in one or more competencies ) developers. The developer community won't suffer for the additional rigor any, but still...

Releasing a virus is a tort at best. Cracking a site is a tort at best, and both are probably criminal behavior. Yes, I have this bias.

I've read enough history to know that there have been times when such interlopers ended up as heads on pikes outside city walls. Seems extreme to be sure, but still....

I am a great admirer of C.A.R. Tony Hoare, but virus writers and system crackers give him a "bootleggers and Baptists" common cause with them.