The Warship Defeated by a ZeroOne keystroke that crippled a billion-dollar vessel

It really happened

From the show

It really happened

Trivial software bugs can paralyze even the most advanced military hardware. In 1997, the USS Yorktown was left drifting after a crew member entered a single digit into a database. This input error triggered a system-wide crash, highlighting the critical importance of input validation in high-stakes technology.

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