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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophisticated Espionage Tool Regin: Impacting European Commission and Belgacom | 2014-11-24 | 1. European Commission's network 2. European Council's network 3. Belgacom's routers controlling the telecom's cellular network 4. Systems belonging to the European Commission and the European Council 5. Systems of prominent Belgian cryptographer Jean-Jacques Quisquater 6. GSM base stations of cellular networks in multiple countries, including a large unidentified telecom in a Middle East country [31765] | 1 | View Details |
| Destructive Cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment by Malicious Software | 2014-12-01 | 1. Hard drives of computers, including the master boot record - The malware used in the attack overrode all data on the hard drives of computers, including the master boot record, preventing them from booting up [32272]. | 1 | View Details |
| Hacking Attack and Computer Malfunction Delay Poland's Vote Count. | 2014-11-20 | 1. State Electoral Commission's website 2. Voting system (not confirmed to be breached) 3. Computer glitch causing hand count of votes 4. National Electoral Office system (Kazimierz Czaplicki resigned over the vote count delays) [31974] | 1 | View Details |
| Google's Discontinuation of Patches for Android 4.3 Exploits | 2015-01-14 | 1. WebView technology in smartphones and tablets running Android versions up to and including Android 4.3 "Jelly Bean" failed [32472]. | 1 | View Details |
| Juno Spacecraft's Main Computer Failure Impacts Jupiter Observation Mission | 2016-10-20 | 1. Software performance monitor induced a reboot of the spacecraft's onboard computer [48578] 2. Pair of valves in the spacecraft's propulsion system didn't work as expected [48578] | 1 | View Details |
| Charity Website Hacked by Pro-Isis Group in Algeria | 2015-01-29 | 1. Website hosting system 2. Lack of cyber security measures 3. Third-party hosting systems or cloud providers 4. Password management system | 1 | View Details |
| Facebook iOS App Causing Battery Drain Issues on iPhones | 2016-02-08 | The system that failed in the software failure incident described in the article is: 1. Facebook's iOS app [40942] 2. Facebook's Android app [40942] | 1 | View Details |
| Thermal Hacking of Air-Gapped Systems by Ben Gurion University | 2015-03-23 | unknown | 1 | View Details |
| Twitch User Information Stolen in Hack Incident | 2015-03-24 | 1. Twitch user account information system [34524] | 1 | View Details |
| Vulnerability in Cayla Doll Software Allows Hacking and Misinformation. | 2015-01-30 | The software failure incident in Article 32714 involved a vulnerability in the software of the Cayla child's doll, allowing it to be hacked. The specific system that failed in this incident was: 1. Cayla child's doll software [32714] | 1 | View Details |