Due to a misconfigured cron job, the database decided to dump 10,000 rows of gibberish data onto the production server. The resulting 10 GB of useless data took 3 days to clean up, causing a 3-day delay in the launch of our new feature, "Auto-Generate Infinite Loops."
View All Disasters View Disasters by MonthOur lead developer, Bob, tried to "optimize" the database by injecting a little SQL code of his own. Unfortunately, it turned into a full-on SQL Injection fest, taking down the entire database for a solid 8 hours. The team was not amused.
View Developer BlundersDuring a routine backup, our backup script decided to "helpfully" corrupt 500,000 records, causing our users to report a 30% increase in "Error: Invalid User Input" errors. Oops.
View Data DisastersAnd that's just the tip of the iceberg, folks! Stay tuned for more Database Disasters, coming soon to a screen near you!