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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unauthorized Administrator Access Granted on Tesla Forum, Data Breach Incident. | 2018-11-19 | 1. Tesla's forum system 2. Permissions system within the Tesla forum 3. IT department's oversight in granting permissions 4. Lack of proper moderation and oversight in the forum [78349] | 1 | View Details |
| Wrong Lens Inserted During Cataract Surgery at NHS. | 2018-11-15 | unknown | 1 | View Details |
| Fuel Range Display Software Bug in 2018 Subaru Vehicles | 2018-11-08 | 1. Fuel system software in 2018 Subaru Legacy sedan and Subaru Outback crossover [78062]. | 1 | View Details |
| HPE's User Data Repository System Failure at Megafon, Russia. | 2018-11-06 | 1. HPE's User Data Repository (UDR) system [Article 77771] | 1 | View Details |
| iPhone X Overheating and Smoking Incident After iOS 12.1 Update | 2018-11-14 | 1. iPhone X 2. iOS 12.1 3. Lithium battery in the iPhone X [77581] | 1 | View Details |
| Twitter Accounts Hijacked Due to Flaw in Message Handling | 2018-12-28 | The system that failed in the software failure incident reported in the news articles is: 1. Twitter's message handling system: The flaw in the way Twitter handles messages posted by phone numbers allowed attackers to send messages from accounts they do not control, leading to the hijacking of high-profile Twitter accounts [79246]. | 1 | View Details |
| Child Mental Health Chatbots Fail to Detect Serious Issues | 2018-12-10 | 1. Woebot and Wysa mental health chatbot apps 2. Automated systems designed to flag up serious or dangerous situations 3. Woebot app version prior to the update that introduced an 18+ age limit [79245] | 1 | View Details |
| Amazon Alexa Crash on Christmas Day due to Server Overload. | 2018-12-27 | 1. Amazon's voice-controlled virtual assistant Alexa [79573] | 1 | View Details |
| Facebook Bug Exposed Unposted Photos to Third-Party Apps | 2018-12-14 | 1. Facebook's API system [78881, 78912] 2. Facebook's photo-sharing system [78881, 78912] 3. Facebook's data protection system [78823] 4. Facebook's privacy and security practices [78823] 5. Facebook's bug detection and prevention mechanisms [78880] | 4 | View Details |
| O2 Network Outage Caused by Ericsson Software Glitch. | 2018-12-06 | 1. Serving GPRS Support Node - Mobility Management Entity (SGSN-MME) nodes [79621] 2. Ericsson's software [78871, 79308] | 9 | View Details |