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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osprey 06-0031 Engine Failure Cover-Up Incident | 2011-10-17 | unknown | 1 | View Details |
| Facebook's iPhone App Update 3.4.3 Causes Major Performance Issues | 2011-07-22 | 1. Facebook's iPhone app version 3.4.3 [6894] 2. Lack of internal resources for maintaining the iPhone app [6894] | 1 | View Details |
| Bank of America Website Performance Issues Impacting Online Banking | 2011-10-05 | 1. Bank of America's website [8529] | 1 | View Details |
| Gray Eagle Drone Software Reliability Issues and Failures. | 2012-06-15 | 1. Gray Eagle drone's flight control surfaces subsystem 2. Faulty chip in the Gray Eagle drone 3. Gray Eagle drone's software [12468] | 1 | View Details |
| Data Breach at News International's Sun Website by Hacker 'Batteye' | 2011-08-02 | 1. The Sun's website competitions and polls system 2. Security measures protecting customer information 3. Information retrieval system used by News International 4. Pastebin site's security measures 5. Potential vulnerabilities in the software used by The Sun and News International [7276] | 1 | View Details |
| Security Threat: Battery Microprocessor Vulnerability in Apple Laptops. | 2011-08-04 | 1. Apple Macintosh laptops' battery microprocessor 2. Texas Instruments chips used in Apple laptops' batteries, specifically the TI BQ20Z80 chip [7284] | 1 | View Details |
| Square Payment System Vulnerable to Credit Card Data Theft. | 2011-08-04 | 1. Square payment system 2. Square dongle | 1 | View Details |
| Graphical Slowdown Issue in Final Fantasy Tactics iOS Port | 2011-08-08 | The system that failed in the software failure incident reported in Article 7310 is: 1. Mobile version of Final Fantasy Tactics for iPod Touch, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 4, specifically suffering from graphical slowdown during gameplay. [7310] | 1 | View Details |
| Software Failure: Lack of Crowd Monitoring Led to Tragic Crush | 2011-08-04 | unknown | 1 | View Details |
| Flashback Trojan Infects 600,000 Macs Due to Java Vulnerability | 2012-04-12 | The system that failed in the software failure incident described in Article 11636 is: 1. Mac computers running OS X, specifically those with Java vulnerabilities that allowed the Flashback Trojan to infect them [11636]. | 1 | View Details |