Comment on Polish Train Maker Is Suing the Hackers Who Exposed Its Anti-Repair Tricks

wordmark@mas.to ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

@Pro #capitalism at its #worst (AGAIN)

2022, members of #DragonSector were called by a train repair shop Serwis Pojazdów Szynowych (#SPS) work out why #trains refusing to run. Digging into the code revealed a #software trap that would disable trains if they were anywhere near a #repair facility that wasn’t run by the manufacturer, Newag. But Newag used a pretty inaccurate way to determine when the trains were in a rival repair shop, which led to some unexpected consequences. #right2repair

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