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I think the outage yesterday is a good opportunity to check one thing. If you work in software manufacturing (systems design, programming, project/product management, testing) do you know what Therac-25 is without searching?

#infosec #IT

Boost for reach please. :BoostOK:

  • I make software and I know about Therac-25 (43%, 1611 votes)
  • I make software and I don't know about Therac-25 (33%, 1257 votes)
  • I do other things and I know about Therac-25 (8%, 314 votes)
  • I do other things and I don't know about Therac-25 (14%, 540 votes)
3722 voters. Poll end: 1 month ago

#infosec #IT
in reply to Leszek

Listens to Baroque while coding murder.exe :newt:
Listens to Baroque while coding murder.exe :newt:
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Therac-25 is ancient. Do people know about Toyota's bogus controller firmware causing unintended car acceleration? This is much more recent.

edn.com/toyotas-killer-firmwar…

Toyota's killer firmware: Bad design and its consequences - EDN

On Thursday October 24, 2013, an Oklahoma court ruled against Toyota in a case of unintended acceleration that lead to the death of one the occupants.
Michael Dunn (EDN)
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