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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737 MAX MCAS Software Failure Incident. | 2018-10-30 | 1. Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) [83293, 84583, 89311, 90396, 90485, 90523, 90525, 90958, 94871, 115439] 2. Flaps and other flight-control hardware software [83843] 3. A330’s computer system [78176] | 150 | View Details |
| Data Breach at Facebook Exposing 30 Million Accounts' Information | 2018-10-12 | 1. Facebook's token system [76506] | 1 | View Details |
| Rocket Booster Separation Failure Leads to Soyuz Launch Abandonment | 2018-10-12 | unknown | 1 | View Details |
| Hubble Space Telescope Gyroscope Malfunction in October 2018 | 2018-10-24 | 1. Hubble Space Telescope gyroscopes [Article 76546, Article 119623] | 2 | View Details |
| Glitchy Software Causes Failure of Soliom Video Doorbell System | 2018-10-14 | 1. Soliom Video Doorbell app in its latest software version [76563] | 1 | View Details |
| Vulnerabilities in US Military Weapons Systems to Cyber-Attacks. | 2018-10-09 | 1. Nearly all weapon systems developed by the US military from 2012 to 2017 were vulnerable to cyber-attacks due to mission-critical cyber vulnerabilities [76740]. | 1 | View Details |
| Facebook's Child Nudity Detection Software Failure. | 2018-10-24 | The software failure incident mentioned in the article did not involve a system failure. | 1 | View Details |
| Inadequate Security Measures in Election Systems Lead to Data Exposure | 2018-10-29 | 1. ES&S technology, including vote-tabulation systems equipped with cellular modems, which experts say could be exploited by hackers to tamper with vote counts [76779]. | 1 | View Details |
| Apple Devices Rendered Useless by Helium Leak Impacting Internal Clocks | 2018-10-31 | 1. iPhones (models iPhone 6 and higher) and Apple Watches (Series 0 and higher) [77075] | 1 | View Details |
| Challenges in Cruise's Self-Driving Cars Identification Software Cause Delays | 2018-10-24 | 1. Cruise cars' software struggled to identify whether objects on the road were moving or stationary, leading to hesitation and erratic braking [77324]. 2. The software failed to recognize pedestrians and mistakenly identified phantom bicycles, causing further issues with braking [77324]. 3. Cruise did not have a data-sharing collaboration with the San Francisco Fire Department, hindering the training of the cars to respond to fire truck sirens [77324]. 4. The open-source software robotics tools used by Cruise had delays that slowed messages from the car's sensors to the car's brain [77324]. | 1 | View Details |