After breaking trains simply because an independent repair shop had worked on them, NEWAG is now demanding that trains fixed by hackers be removed from service.

In one of the coolest and more outrageous repair stories in quite some time, three white-hat hackers helped a regional rail company in southwest Poland unbrick a train that had been artificially rendered inoperable by the train’s manufacturer after an independent maintenance company worked on it. The train’s manufacturer is now threatening to sue the hackers who were hired by the independent repair company to fix it.

After breaking trains simply because an independent repair shop had worked on them, NEWAG is now demanding that trains fixed by hackers be removed from service.

  • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
    89·
    9 months ago

    This reminds me of the hacked McDonalds ice cream machines. Except the shitty manufacturers won that one.

    • damirK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      293·
      9 months ago

      Sadly they will probably win this as well. Some claim there could safety concerns and it isn’t certified or could damage their brand… time for people’s manufacturing of products? Hehe

      • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
        18·
        9 months ago

        I think this one might go well. Company preventing a country’s trains from being serviced by a third party. I expect that train builder has already tanked their business, but it would be an interesting one to be litigated, the sort of case that can get the law changed

      • WallEx@feddit.deEnglish
        101·
        9 months ago

        I’m not firm in polish law, do they have the same laws as in the USA? Because that’s what you’re comparing right?