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 RFID-Based Apartment Lock System in Vienna. | 2013-12-29 | 1. Begeh Schließsystem electronic lock system [55763] | 1 | View Details |
| Failure of WebOS in HP's TouchPad Tablet - 2011 Flop | 2012-01-01 | 1. WebOS operating system [9436] | 1 | View Details |
| Jawbone UP Wristbands Failure Due to Circuit Board Capacitors | 2011-12-08 | 1. Circuit board capacitors in the power system 2. Syncing related to the band hardware [54439] | 1 | View Details |
| Jackpot Denied: Casino Refuses £37m Win Due to Software Error | 2011-12-11 | 1. Fruit machine software at the casino in Bregenz, Austria [54469] | 1 | View Details |
| Failure to Disable SMB Service in OS X 10.7 Lion | 2011-12-20 | The system that failed in the software failure incident described in Article 54570 is: 1. OS X 10.7 Lion - Specifically, the SMB service authentication in OS X 10.7 Lion failed for some users after upgrading from OS X 10.6 [54570]. | 1 | View Details |
| Facebook Security Glitch Exposes Mark Zuckerberg's Private Photos | 2011-12-07 | 1. Facebook's photo reporting tool 2. Facebook's code push 3. Facebook's reporting system | 1 | View Details |
| Facebook Photo Reporting Bug Exposes Private Photos to Users | 2011-12-06 | 1. Facebook's account-reporting process [54638] | 1 | View Details |
| Children's Mobile Apps Privacy Violation by Data Sharing with Advertisers | 2012-12-10 | The system that failed in the software failure incident described in the news article is: 1. Lack of adequate oversight in the marketplace for mobile applications, particularly in apps geared towards children, leading to the unauthorized collection and sharing of personal information [54978]. | 1 | View Details |
| Insecure Control Software in Drones Leads to Vulnerabilities and Hacks | 2012-12-31 | The software failure incident mentioned in the article did not involve a specific system failure but rather highlighted the pervasive vulnerability in the control algorithms of various crucial machines, including drones, cars, medical devices, and power plants due to the fundamentally insecure manner in which they are written [55145]. | 1 | View Details |
| School iPad Initiative: High Breakage Rate Due to Fragile Cases | 2012-12-31 | 1. iPad2 tablets distributed to pupils at Honywood Community Science School [55160] | 1 | View Details |