'Spurious Data'

[sadkingbilly]

does it run on an ICL <fujitsu> still?
might explain a lot.

[cojak]

It sounds like someone was just paying lip service to GRC there, and I don't mean the lowly pay grades either...

Is Agile still a thing because this cock-up sounds right up it's alley.

[ladymuck]

This sounds like the same problem that caused the previous meltdown.

[Protagoras]

"The air traffic control outage that caused thousands of flights to be grounded across the UK earlier in the week was caused by a military aircraft entering “spurious” flight data into the system, according to a report."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...control-outage

Does this suggest that data can pass validation and then go on to cause problems when processed?
Isn't it surprising that the design allows for this?
Wouldn't you expect to find this during testing?

There's also mention of some problem with backups.