Episode 141 - Computer Ruins Grocer

In 1962 Food Center Wholesale Grocers Inc installed a new IBM 305 RAMAC. That's when things started to go wrong. The faulty machine seemed to have a mind of it's own, and would spread chaos to grocery stores all around Boston.
Selected Sources:
archive.org/details/computerinsecuri0000norm - Computer Insecurity
bitsavers.computerhistory.org/magazines/Comput… - Computers and Automation article
archive.org/embed/sim_computerworld_january-01… - Computerworld