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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accellion File Transfer Appliance Vulnerabilities Lead to Global Breaches | 2021-03-08 | 1. Accellion's File Transfer Appliance (FTA) [112240] | 1 | View Details |
| Microsoft Exchange Email Servers Vulnerable to Ransomware Attack. | 2021-03-12 | 1. Microsoft Exchange Server software [112884, 112285] | 2 | View Details |
| Security Camera Hack Exposes Sensitive Locations and Organizations | 2021-03-09 | 1. Verkada security camera system [Article 112282, Article 112303] 2. Super Admin account within the Verkada system [Article 112282, Article 112311] | 3 | View Details |
| Vaccine Appointment Software Failures in Multiple States Causing Chaos | 2021-03-12 | 1. VAMS software recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Article 111842] 2. PrepMod software [Article 111842] 3. Salesforce vaccine software [Article 111842] 4. Microsoft vaccine software [Article 111842] | 1 | View Details |
| Facial Recognition Bias in UK Passport Photo Checker System | 2021-03-15 | 1. Facial detection system developed by the software vendor for the UK government's online passport application service [111916] 2. Automated photo checker on the government's passport renewal website [111916] | 1 | View Details |
| Failure to Notify EU Member States of UK Criminal Convictions | 2021-03-02 | 1. Police National Computer (PNC) - The database used by law enforcement organizations across the UK operated by the Home Office, which generates daily files of the latest updates on convictions [112011]. 2. Acro Criminal Records Office - The UK body responsible for international police data sharing, legally obliged under EU law to alert police in convicted criminals’ home country [112011]. | 1 | View Details |
| AI Image Recognition Vulnerable to Typographic Attacks by OpenAI | 2021-03-08 | 1. Clip AI system by OpenAI [112014] | 1 | View Details |
| National Weather Service Internet Outage Impacts Forecasting and Communication | 2021-03-30 | 1. National Weather Service's Internet infrastructure system failed, leading to a major, systemwide Internet outage [112079]. 2. NWS Chat system failed multiple times, impacting real-time communication during severe weather events [112079]. | 1 | View Details |
| Smart Meter Glitch Causes Inaccurate Electricity Usage Readings | 2021-04-01 | 1. Smart meters In Home Display malfunctioned, showing incorrect costs to customers [133592, 112526] 2. In Home Displays (IHD) showed high consumption figures that were incorrect [133592] 3. Smart Energy Trackers and In Home Displays showed incorrect costs [112526] | 2 | View Details |
| Xbox Series X Controller Button Registration Failure Incident | 2021-03-05 | 1. Xbox Wireless controller that comes with Microsoft's Xbox Series X and S consoles [112100] | 1 | View Details |