[justsomeoldguy]

in 2024, "ruined lives" is often a bit of an exaggeration. I clicked into this thinking, did their paychecks get halted for a few weeks or months? That would just really suck if a programming bug caused so many people's finances to fall apart, though I'm not sure "ruined" would be the term I would use. But the article is not about that at all. Instead, all I can say is.. oh my.

"The stubbornness of the administration in trusting their technology impacted and ruining a number of lives: many of these people faced prison time, divorce, and suicide."

that is indeed good use of the term ruined lives. :(

to be accused of those crimes and convicted of them, when for sure they didn't happen. That is a very hard pill to swallow.