What is the worst software bug in history? [closed]

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Published on 2011-01-27T11:31:51Z Indexed on 2011/01/29 15:32 UTC
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By having for example money and human suffering as the metric.

What is the worst software bug in history?

Note this is a specific question.

Last month automaker Toyota announced a recall of 160,000 of its Prius hybrid vehicles following reports of vehicle warning lights illuminating for no reason, and cars' gasoline engines stalling unexpectedly. But unlike the large-scale auto recalls of years past, the root of the Prius issue wasn't a hardware problem -- it was a programming error in the smart car's embedded code. The Prius had a software bug.

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