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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoverboard Batteries Catching Fire Incident. | 2016-01-13 | 1. Hoverboards with internal batteries [39696] | 1 | View Details |
| Safari Browser Crash Issue Affects iPhone, iPad, and Mac Users | 2016-01-27 | 1. Safari web browser on iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices [39972]. | 1 | View Details |
| Oyster Card System Glitch Causes Free Travel Chaos in London | 2016-01-02 | 1. Oyster card readers system on London buses, rail, and tube stations [39971] | 1 | View Details |
| European Commission's Failure to Address Defeat Device Cheating in Car Emissions. | 2016-06-19 | The software failure incident described in the article involves the failure of emissions testing systems in vehicles, specifically related to defeat devices used by car manufacturers to cheat emissions tests. The systems that failed in this incident are: 1. Emissions testing systems in vehicles, involving the use of defeat devices to manipulate emissions test results [44801]. | 1 | View Details |
| Smart Toy Bear Security Flaw Exposed Child Data Vulnerability | 2016-02-02 | 1. Fisher-Price WiFi-connected Smart Toy Bear [40738] | 1 | View Details |
| Telstra Nationwide Network Outage: Congestion Causes Mobile Service Disruption | 2016-03-17 | [42115] The software failure incident at Telstra was caused by a problem that triggered a significant number of customers to be disconnected from the network, leading to congestion. The specific systems/components that failed in this incident were: 1. Mobile nodes - One of the company's mobile nodes went offline due to an "embarrassing human error" in a previous outage [42115]. 2. Network infrastructure - The network experienced congestion and disconnections due to the triggering of a problem that caused a significant number of customers to be disconnected [42115]. | 1 | View Details |
| Security Flaw in We Vibe 4 Plus Smartphone App | 2016-08-10 | 1. Software controlling the We Vibe 4 Plus vibrator [47495] | 1 | View Details |
| Financial Data Errors in US Army's Accounting System: Impact and Response | 2016-08-23 | The software failure incident reported in Article 46656 highlighted financial errors within the US Army's accounting systems. The specific systems that failed in this incident were: 1. Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) computer system - More than 16,000 files vanished from the DFAS computer system due to a flaw in the computing software [46656]. | 1 | View Details |
| Massive Data Breach at MySpace Exposing Millions of Accounts | 2016-05-31 | 1. MySpace social media site [44149] | 1 | View Details |
| Malvertising Attack on Spotify's Free Tier Causing Questionable Pop-ups | 2016-10-06 | 1. Ad server system 2. Third-party ad resellers 3. Spotify's Free tier ad system [Cited Article: 48667] | 1 | View Details |