Software Bug Contributed To Blackout. The task force responsible for investigating the cause of the Aug. Northeastern states and a Canadian province without power.
A previously-unknown software flaw in a widely-deployed General Electric energy management system contributed to the devastating scope of the August 14th northeastern US. Software bug blamed for blackout alarm failure A programming error has been identified as the cause of alarm failures that might have contributed to the scope of last summers Northeast blackout. The bug in GE Energys XA21 system was discovered in an intensive code audit conducted by GE and a contractor in the weeks following the blackout according to FirstEnergy Corp the Ohio utility where investigators say the blackout.
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A previously-unknown software flaw in a widely-deployed General Electric energy management system contributed to the devastating scope of the 14 Aug 2003 northeastern US. This mundane event triggered a series. 14 2003 a software bug contributed to a blackout that left 50 million people across nine US. And parts of Canada concluded that a software failure.