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What are some recent major computer system failures caused by software bugs?

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Last Update: September 28, 2006 Asked by: sireesha

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Submitted by: srinivasulub1981

Hi sireesha Recntly one of my frend said .. that one intelegent man earned morethan 17 crores with in 1 hour..he prepared a mail and sent to all the customers of a bank (i don't no the bank name).. in that he request as pls modify yr personal profile related to new changes.. then all r done modifications.. mean while he takes simply 1 rupee from all the customers.. After one hr one of the emp finds that problem and stop all the transactions.. SO like that somany isseus are there.. let me know if u've any..Srinivas (srinivasulub1981@gmail.com)

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May 16, 2006 03:49:23

sameera11

Member Since: May 2006 Contribution: 10

RE: What are some recent major computer system failure...

y2kbug was recent bug which caused failed in computersystem in europe

y2k bug means after 1999 2000 as to come but there was a problem in system & due this bug europe had to face lot of problems in train time management system.

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September 02, 2006 06:55:53

srinivasulub1981

Member Since: December 2005 Contribution: 387

RE: What are some recent major computer system failure...

Hi sireesha Recntly one of my frend said .. that one intelegent man earned morethan 17 crores with in 1 hour..he prepared a mail and sent to all the customers of a bank (i don't no the bank name).. in that he request as pls modify yr personal profile related to new changes.. then all r done modifications.. mean while he takes simply 1 rupee from all the customers.. After one hr one of the emp finds that problem and stop all the transactions.. SO like that somany isseus are there.. let me know if u've any..Srinivas (srinivasulub1981@gmail.com)

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September 28, 2006 02:05:48

shann

Member Since: September 2006 Contribution: 8

RE: What are some recent major computer system failure...

hai paul check this out.......# News reports in May of 2006 described a multi-million dollar lawsuit settlement paid by a healthcare software vendor to one of its customers. It was reported that the customer claimed there were problems with the software they had contracted for including poor integration of software modules and problems that resulted in missing or incorrect data used by medical personnel.# In early 2006 problems in a government's financial monitoring software resulted in incorrect election candidate financial reports being made available to the public. The government's election finance reporting web site had to be shut down until the software was repaired.# Trading on a major Asian stock exchange was brought to a halt in November of 2005 reportedly due to an error in a system software upgrade. The problem was rectified and trading resumed later the same day.# A May 2005 newspaper article reported that a major hybrid car manufacturer had to install a software fix on 20 000 vehicles due to problems with invalid engine warning lights and occasional stalling. In the article an automotive software specialist indicated that the automobile industry spends $2 billion to $3 billion per year fixing software problems.# Media reports in January of 2005 detailed severe problems with a $170 million high-profile U.S. government IT systems project. Software testing was one of the five major problem areas according to a report of the commission reviewing the project. In March of 2005 it was decided to scrap the entire project.

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