The Warship Defeated by a ZeroOne keystroke that crippled a billion-dollar vessel
From the show
It really happenedTrivial 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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