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 became public, manufacturer removed ability to unlock train by button combination.
Also manufacturer is able to remotely brick train over internet(connected via GSM) at any time.
Mod wanted ONLY article, so enjoy reading in polish.
Mod wanted ONLY article, so enjoy reading in polish.
I love it. Do we have a malicious compliance community on lemmy?
No idea. Original post was deleted because “not an article”. I can’t even see old version to not go through a pain of typing post body again.
There’s !maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world, but it looks like it’s not very active anymore.
I don’t understand this. This only hurts the reputation of the manufacturer “this fucking train broke again with a weird error that’s not documented anywhere, next purchase better be any other brand”
like at my work, we banned any purchase of HP printers because they reliably work only with a service technician subscription
They would say: that was because you used the cheaper service instead of us and they botched the repair. It is only a problem for NEWAG because the world found out.
But also it bricks after just 10 days of idle in storage
As I understood 10 days of idle for old version and 10 days of idle in ISP facility for new.
Here’s link to short version in English written by author.
And article translation to Russian.
Can we get this formally defined in law as willful destruction of property. No exceptions.
Fuck, the Reddit mods did migrate to here. Fuck that mod. Also, Poland needs a good lawyer.
I heard they sold some trains to Italy. And italian financial police is not afraid to arrest Putin’s yacht.
Social media posts are not allowed on most lemmy communities.
I can’t imagine a scenario where NEWAG isn’t blackballed from all future EU contracts for pulling this stunt.
The manufacturer deflects accusations. They claim that everything the hackers have allegedly found and reported was fabricated per order of the company that was contracted with maintenance of the trains. Apparently, they were behind on a deadline for the mandatory, general check-up of the units. The trains mysteriously didn’t want to work after their reassembly, and their goal would be to allegedly put the blame for inability to repair the fault entirely on the manufacturer, letting them avoid penalties for contract violations.
Both stories sound likely to me, given the business practices in industry nowadays. It’s incredibly outrageous, but also kind of curious. Not the cyberpunk we wanted, but perhaps one we deserve.
I wonder how the story will develop, and which side tells the truth. Funnily enough, I’m on board of one of the manufacturer’s trains as I type this comment. Here’s hoping it won’t strand us in the cold, dark field right now. :)
can someone find and post that mastodon original link that was much more understandable than polish?
In my comment there is links to mastodon post and translated to russian article. Sadly, I can’t pin comments.
