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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twitter's Image-Cropping Algorithm Bias Incident | 2020-09-21 | 1. Twitter's automatic image-cropping algorithm, specifically the "saliency algorithm" released in 2018, failed to provide unbiased results [114612, 104789]. | 2 | View Details |
| NHS Covid-19 App Unable to Link Test Results. | 2020-09-26 | 1. NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app in England [104812] | 1 | View Details |
| Hospital Homicide: Patient Dies Due to Ransomware Attack Impact | 2020-09-18 | The software failure incident at Düsseldorf University Hospital was caused by a hack that disabled computer systems, leading to a patient's death during a transfer to another hospital. The specific systems that failed in this incident were: 1. VPN software developed by Citrix - The hackers took advantage of a well-known vulnerability in a piece of VPN software developed by Citrix, which allowed them to gain access to the hospital's internal networks and systems, ultimately leading to the ransomware attack and the subsequent failure of the hospital's computer systems [104831]. | 1 | View Details |
| Trading Halted on Tokyo Stock Exchange Due to Hardware Failure | 2020-09-30 | [106973, 105591] The hardware failure that caused the software failure incident at the Tokyo Stock Exchange was related to the "Arrowhead" trading system developed by Fujitsu Ltd. | 2 | View Details |
| SilentFade Malware Campaign Exploiting Facebook's Code Vulnerability. | 2020-10-01 | 1. Weakness in Facebook's code [105069] 2. Bug that allowed attackers to turn off notifications on certain user accounts [105069] 3. SilentFade malware [105069] | 1 | View Details |
| Recall of Ram 3500, 4500, and 5500 Models Due to Engine Software Issue | 2020-09-09 | The software failure incident in Article 104873 involved the computer-controlled warmup procedure in the 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engine found in the 2019 and 2020 Ram 3500, 4500, and 5500 models. Therefore, the systems/components that failed are: 1. Computer-controlled warmup procedure in the 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engine [104873]. | 1 | View Details |
| Audit Failure at Deloitte: Autonomy Software Misrepresentation Impact. | 2020-09-17 | 1. Deloitte's audit of Autonomy's financial statements for 2009 and 2010 2. Deloitte's audit work on Autonomy between 2009 and 2011 [104924] | 1 | View Details |
| Online Learning Platform Blackboard Experiences Major Outage on First Day of School | 2020-09-08 | 1. Blackboard's website content management system [104845] 2. Microsoft Teams [104845] 3. Google Drive [104845] | 1 | View Details |
| E-scooter Speed-Limiting Software Hacked, Leading to Safety Concerns | 2020-09-26 | 1. Electric scooter speed-limiting software [105035] | 1 | View Details |
| Cyberattack on Jewish Federation's Endowment Fund: $7.5M Drained | 2020-09-02 | The system that failed in the software failure incident reported in Article 105060 was the cybersecurity system, specifically the email security system, which allowed hackers to gain unauthorized access to the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington's system and carry out the hack [105060]. | 1 | View Details |