I've been on the other side of this. I worked for an automotive manufacturer and there was a spectacular no-damage self-acceleration no-brakes-work event.

The manufacturer said they would not comment until there was an investigation.

Internally there was a hilarious amount of gossip.

We the programmers instantly started to wonder who of us made the bug.

Some engineers thought it was impossible. Others lined up the theoretical setup for that to happen.

Turned out the driver faked it ... or so the police report says.