Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them

3 years ago by btp to c/technology

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.

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andrewrgross 181 points 3 years ago

That's awesome. Man, fuck that company. Bricking a train? Outrageous.

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Bizarroland 84 points 3 years ago

Poland ought to ban that company from ever working or operating or selling any products inside of its country and any trains made by that company that are not currently owned by Poland should be prevented from traveling on the tracks that cross through Poland.

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SpookyUnderwear 35 points 3 years ago

This is the kind of government intervention I can get behind. This story is so outrageous, it's hard to believe it's true.

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