MatthewChat, 5 months ago

@shana "The trains were designed to break if they sat idle for 21 days or if a GPS detected them at independent repair centers or competitors’ rail yards. Perhaps most interestingly, one of the analyzed trains had code in it that was supposed to artificially lock the train’s compressor on the seemingly arbitrary date of December 21; a NewAg train then actually had a compressor malfunction on December 21."

shuttersparks, 5 months ago

@shana Sabotage it is. Are lawsuits possible? (I know nothing of the legal system in Poland)

shana, 5 months ago

@shuttersparks hah, the lawsuit is NewAG suing the researchers for copyright infringement.

shuttersparks, 5 months ago

@shana Countersuit for endangering the public and loss of revenue.

I'm curious how this turns out. I can't imagine that anyone is amused by NewAG's actions.

violetmadder, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago)

@shana

OMG that is glorious. Hackers like these are heroes!

“We’re 100% sure we are acting in the right, we are 100% sure we’re acting in the public interest,” he added. “It’s NewAg that should be scared, not us.”

Built-in obsolescence is an obscene scourge that needs to die in fire.

wtrmt, 5 months ago

@violetmadder @shana why mince words? I would call that sabotage.

violetmadder, 5 months ago

@wtrmt @shana

Damn right!