In 1986, two hospital patients died after receiving fatal doses of radiation from a Therac 25 machine after a software problem caused the machine to ignore calibration data
In one of the biggest software errors in banking history, Chemical Bank mistakenly deducted about $15 million from more than 100,000 customer accounts
In August 2008, the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse stated that more than 236 million data records of U.S. residents have been exposed due to security breaches since January 2005
In March 2012, Consumer Reports listed several recalls on its Web site in less than 10 days, including LED lights overheating, five different models of cars having problems