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In 2017 credit bureau Equifax revealed a breach exposing the personal data of about 147 million people. The cause was an unpatched software flaw it had failed.
Ler o casoIn 2018 it emerged that a quiz app had harvested the data of up to 87 million Facebook users for political firm Cambridge Analytica. Facebook was fined $5.
Ler o casoIn 2014 the UK supermarket giant Tesco revealed it had overstated profits by £263 million, booking supplier payments early. The scandal brought criminal.
Ler o casoIn 2012 Apple replaced Google Maps with its own, half-finished Maps. Wrong directions and missing cities forced a rare public apology from Tim Cook.
Ler o casoTo win adult diners, McDonald's launched the upscale Arch Deluxe in 1996 with the biggest ad budget in fast-food history. It flopped; the chain lost $300M+.
Ler o casoBill Hwang's family office bet big, leveraged, and concentrated — using swaps so no bank saw the whole picture. When it blew up in 2021, banks lost ~$10B.
Ler o casoWhen the SEC subpoenaed Enron, Andersen's Houston team shredded tons of papers and deleted tens of thousands of emails. The firm was convicted and dissolved.
Ler o casoPlanned for 2011, Berlin's new airport opened in October 2020 — nine years late, undone by a fire system its own designer wasn't qualified to build.
Ler o casoOn 22 May 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for two pizzas — the first real-world bitcoin purchase. Those coins later became worth a fortune.
Ler o casoBlackBerry owned the smartphone market, then the iPhone redefined it around touch and apps. Clinging to its keyboards, BlackBerry's share fell to near zero.
Ler o casoCEO Philip Schoonover fired ~3,400 higher-paid staff as a 'wage management' move, then re-hired cheaper workers. Sales stalled; the chain died within two years.
Ler o casoMeant to send $8M in interest, a botched payment screen sent $900M of principal instead. Some lenders refused to give it back — and a judge initially agreed.
Ler o casoOn 19 July 2024 a faulty Falcon sensor config file crashed 8.5 million Windows machines worldwide, grounding flights and idling hospitals, banks and retailers.
Ler o casoAfter years of hype, Cyberpunk 2077 shipped in December 2020 riddled with bugs on last-gen consoles. Sony delisted it from the PlayStation Store; CD Projekt.
Ler o casoIn 1999 Google's founders offered to sell their search engine to Excite for $1 million. Excite's CEO declined — even after the price fell to $750,000.
Ler o casoOn 4 October 2021 a routine command disconnected all of Facebook's data centers. Its DNS servers then withdrew their routes, and Facebook vanished for hours.
Ler o casoGoogle sold Glass to enthusiasts in 2013 at $1,500, with a camera on your face. Privacy backlash and the 'Glasshole' stigma sank it; Google killed the consumer.
Ler o casoGreensill Capital grew fast on SoftBank money and supply-chain finance. In March 2021 it filed for insolvency, freezing $10B of Credit Suisse funds.
Ler o casoIn 2013 James Howells tossed a hard drive holding the keys to 8,000 BTC into a landfill. The coins became worth a fortune; the council won't let him dig.
Ler o casoJuicero sold a $400 WiFi-connected juicer for its proprietary produce packs, raising $120M. Bloomberg showed the packs could be squeezed by hand; the company.
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