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title: Software horror stories
date: "2001-01-18T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1956
description: I've linked a collection of software horror stories that demonstrate how critical bugs can lead to real-world fatalities. These cases underscore the life-and-death stakes and the necessity of rigorous safety-critical software engineering.
keywords: [software failures, safety-critical systems, software engineering, critical bugs, uiuc]
---

Software can kill. Literally. Read [software horror stories](http://www-courses.cs.uiuc.edu/~cs376/horror.html).