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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Vulnerability in Android Fingerprint Sensor Authentication | 2016-03-09 | The software failure incident described in the article involves a vulnerability in the fingerprint authentication systems of mobile phones, specifically the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Huawei Honor 7 phones. The systems/components that failed in this incident are: 1. Fingerprint recognition systems in Samsung Galaxy S6 and Huawei Honor 7 phones [41762, 41762] These systems failed to detect the spoofed 2D fingerprints created using conductive ink and glossy paper, allowing unauthorized access to the devices. | 1 | View Details |
| Self-Driving Car Software Vulnerability to Ransomware Threats | 2016-03-14 | The software failure incident reported in the provided article did not involve a specific system failure. Instead, the article discussed the potential threat of hackers targeting self-driving cars and the vulnerabilities associated with autonomous vehicles being hacked for ransom or malicious purposes. Therefore, the specific system failure or component that failed is unknown. | 1 | View Details |
| Cyberattack on MedStar Health's Computer Network Leads to Shutdown | 2016-03-28 | 1. IT network systems across Universal Health Services (UHS) facilities [104740] 2. Computer network of MedStar Health [41808] | 2 | View Details |
| Microsoft's AI Chatbot Tay's Offensive Twitter Responses and Meltdown | 2016-03-25 | 1. Tay AI chatbot's algorithm [41427, 42297] 2. Filters in the algorithm used to program Tay [41427] 3. Microsoft's ability to anticipate malicious intent in the algorithm [42297] | 2 | View Details |
| Discovery of Silverlight Zero-Day Exploit by Kaspersky Lab | 2016-01-13 | 1. Microsoft's Silverlight software [39433] | 1 | View Details |
| Hola VPN Service Exposed for Insecure Practices and Misuse. | 2015-06-01 | 1. Hola VPN service 2. Luminati secondary business 3. Hola Chrome extension and Firefox add-on [36733] | 1 | View Details |
| Google Photos Mislabeling Black People as Gorillas Incident | 2015-07-01 | 1. Google Photos image recognition software [36795] | 1 | View Details |
| New York Stock Exchange Outage: Technical Glitch and Trading Disruption | 2015-07-08 | 1. Configuration problem in the system [38213, 38213] 2. Software update error [38213] 3. Internal technical issue [38171] 4. Software bug in the system [37661] 5. Configuration issue [37661] | 3 | View Details |
| Cyberattack Grounds LOT Polish Airways Flights, Causing Disruption. | 2015-06-22 | 1. Ground computers used to issue flight plans at Warsaw Chopin airport [37130] | 1 | View Details |
| LastPass Data Breach Compromising User Information. | 2015-06-15 | 1. LastPass system [37159, 136157] 2. LastPass master password encryption system [37159] 3. LastPass clues or reminders system [37159] | 5 | View Details |