Failures Database
This database contains reports analyzing software failures from the news. Currently, it contains failures from 2010 to 2022. This database was created through the FAIL (Failure Analysis Investigation with LLM) project. FAIL leverages Large Language Models (LLMs) to collect and analyze software failures reported in the news. Our work has been presented in the paper titled "FAIL: Analyzing Software Failures from the News Using LLMs." Contributing members include Dharun Anandayuvaraj, Matthew Campbell, Tanmay Singla, Parth Patil, Arav Tewari, and James C. Davis from Purdue University.
| Title | Published Date | System | Number of Articles | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online Gambling Software Bug Leads to Disputed £650,000 Jackpot. | 2012-06-15 | The software failure incident in the article was related to a bug in the Eurobet.com's 'Sixty Seconds' game software. The specific system that failed was: 1. Eurobet.com's 'Sixty Seconds' game software [12508] | 1 | View Details |
| The title describing the software failure incident is: "RBS/NatWest/Ulster Bank Payment Glitch Impacting Millions, Caused by Software Upgrade Error" | 2012-06-29 | 1. CA-7 software upgrade [12555] | 1 | View Details |
| NatWest and RBS Batch Processing Failure Causing Transaction Backlog. | 2012-06-25 | 1. CA-7 software update [12554] 2. NatWest and RBS banking apps [124755] | 5 | View Details |
| Chrome Browser Causing Kernel Panics on New MacBook Airs | 2012-06-29 | 1. Google Chrome browser 2. Apple's new MacBook Air systems with Intel HD 4000 graphics chip [12749] | 1 | View Details |
| Leap Second Glitch Causes Major Software Failures in Various Systems | 2012-07-02 | 1. Linux kernel's hrtimer subsystem [13163] 2. Cassandra database running on Reddit's servers [13059] 3. Tomcat servers on Gawker [13059] 4. Hadoop and ElasticSearch servers [13163] | 5 | View Details |
| Amazon Outage: Power Failure Causes Cloud Software Bugs and Delays | 2012-07-03 | 1. Backup generators at one of the data centers failed to provide stable voltage as they were brought into service. 2. Elastic Load Balancers (ELB) software had a bug that caused the service to get overwhelmed. 3. Relational Database Service had a bug that prevented a "small number" of databases from recovering properly. 4. Elastic Block Store services ran into bottlenecks during the restoration process. [13063] | 1 | View Details |
| Chip and PIN Terminals Vulnerable to Malicious Software Attacks | 2012-07-29 | 1. Chip and PIN payment terminals 2. Chip and PIN system 3. Card readers used in shops and restaurants 4. Second-hand devices purchased on eBay 5. VeriFone terminals used in Britain [13124] | 2 | View Details |
| Apple iOS In-App Purchase Hack Impacting App Developers | 2012-07-23 | 1. Apple's in-app purchase checking system on iOS devices [13190, 13323] 2. Validation of in-app purchases made on the device rather than through the app developer's servers and Apple's servers [13190, 13323] 3. Use of deprecated in-app purchase checking methods by affected apps [13190, 13323] 4. Lack of checks to confirm that transactions were made with Apple's servers rather than any site returning the correct code and a certificate [13190] 5. Failure to let developers check the validity of the SSL certificate returned from the transaction, allowing the hack to work [13190] 6. Vulnerability in the billing system that allowed the hack to exploit the in-app purchase process [13323] | 3 | View Details |
| Biometric Iris Scanners Vulnerable to Hacking via Reverse-Engineering | 2012-07-26 | The software failure incident described in the article involved the failure of biometric authentication systems, specifically fingerprint and iris scanning systems. 1. Fingerprint authentication system 2. Iris scanning system These systems failed due to vulnerabilities that allowed hackers to reverse-engineer digital templates of fingerprints and iris scans, creating gummy finger versions and reconstructed iris images to fool the authentication systems [13313]. | 1 | View Details |
| O2 Network Outage: Massive Failure Due to Faulty Software Upgrade | 2012-07-12 | 1. Faulty software upgrade to one of O2's core systems, specifically the home location register [13165]. | 1 | View Details |