For anyone interested in such matters (actually, every engineer should be to some degree), a seemingly neverending (yet tenderly curated) stream of similar interesting observations and stories is posted to:
"The RISKS Digest, [or] Forum On Risks To The Public In Computers And Related Systems":
"It is a moderated forum concerned with the security and safety of computers, software, and technological systems. Security, and risk, here are taken broadly; RISKS is concerned not merely with so-called security holes in software, but with unintended consequences and hazards stemming from the design (or lack thereof) of automated systems. Other recurring subjects include cryptography and the effects of technically ill-considered public policies. RISKS also publishes announcements and Calls for Papers from various technical conferences, and technical book reviews"
"The RISKS Digest, [or] Forum On Risks To The Public In Computers And Related Systems":
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/
A summary from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISKS_Digest:
"It is a moderated forum concerned with the security and safety of computers, software, and technological systems. Security, and risk, here are taken broadly; RISKS is concerned not merely with so-called security holes in software, but with unintended consequences and hazards stemming from the design (or lack thereof) of automated systems. Other recurring subjects include cryptography and the effects of technically ill-considered public policies. RISKS also publishes announcements and Calls for Papers from various technical conferences, and technical book reviews"