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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schiaparelli Mars Landing Failure: Software Error Causes Crash on Mars | 2017-05-24 | 1. Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) in the craft tracking spin rate [59626] 2. Guidance, navigation, and control system software [59626] | 1 | View Details |
| Potential Hack Threat to British Political Party Campaigns. | 2017-05-30 | The software failure incident mentioned in the article involved a potential hack on British political campaigns. The systems that failed in this incident were: 1. Email security systems: The incident highlighted the vulnerability of political campaigns to phishing attacks through fake Google login pages, indicating a failure in email security systems [59751]. 2. Lack of multi-factor authentication: The article mentioned that local campaigns, such as the Labour party, had not implemented two-factor authentication to limit the damage of phishing attacks, indicating a failure in implementing proper authentication measures [59751]. | 1 | View Details |
| Starbucks Cash Register Glitch Causes Payment Disruption and Free Coffee | 2017-05-16 | 1. Cash registers at some U.S. and Canadian Starbucks Corp stores [59176, 59869] | 2 | View Details |
| Map Function Failure on Met Office Windows Phone 8 App | 2017-05-31 | 1. Met Office Windows Phone 8 application [59484] | 1 | View Details |
| Weak Network Security in Factory Robots Leads to Potential Hacking | 2017-05-03 | 1. Factory robots from ABB, Fanuc, Mitsubishi, Kawasaki, and Yaskawa 2. RobotWare control program and RobotStudio software [59336] | 1 | View Details |
| Email Glitch Causes Panic at University of Edinburgh Graduation. | 2017-06-01 | The system that failed in the software failure incident at the University of Edinburgh was: 1. System software error [59058] | 1 | View Details |
| Volvo's Self-Driving Car Fails to Detect Kangaroos Due to Hopping. | 2017-06-30 | 1. Volvo's "Large Animal Detection system" failed to detect kangaroos due to their unique hopping movement [60129]. | 1 | View Details |
| Facebook Moderation Software Bug Exposes Moderators to Terrorist Threats | 2017-06-16 | 1. Facebook's moderation software [60133] | 1 | View Details |
| Cyber-Attack via Compromised Tax Software Affects Global Companies | 2017-06-27 | 1. MeDoc accounting software [60362] 2. Windows-operated machines with unpatched security [60362] | 13 | View Details |
| New Year London Ambulance Delays Due to CAD System Failure | 2017-06-27 | 1. Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system [60158] 2. Real-time, web-based mapping of ambulance crews [60158] | 1 | View Details |