Train manufacturer intentionally bricks trains serviced by independent service providers (social.hackerspace.pl)
Polish article...
Polish article...
A polish hacker found out why trains did stop working. The manufacterer implemented a hidden electronic switch, which automatically activated after trains were serviced by a different company.
Polish train manufacturer that lost servicing tender programmed train controller to brick itself after train stays for some time in 6 ISP facilities or in 1 their faculity(for testing?) until undocumented button combination is pressed. Some controller versions brick itself after train is idle for 10 days. After news about this...
from the “i’ll drm your arse” and “industrial sabotage r us” department, a true scandal: a polish train manufacturer used firmware to lock out trains at 3rd party service depots in order to disrupt the operations of the trains for the railways who did not choose to service the trains at the manufacturer’s; at the...
A Mastodon thread by @q3k, who, together with @redford and @mrtick have reverse engineered the PLC code of NEWAG Impuls EMUs
A Mastodon thread by @q3k, who, together with @redford and @mrtick have reverse engineered the PLC code of NEWAG Impuls EMUs
Bisschen nerdig, aber durchaus mit Bahnbezug und ziemlich spannend:...