A group of hackers has discovered that the rail vehicle manufacturer Newag intentionally caused train malfunctions to secure contracts for their repair. According to Rzeczpospolita, this information comes from a group of hackers known as Dragon Sector, hired by railway companies in Poland and specializing in IT security on an international scale.
After a two-month analysis, the hackers revealed that Newag intentionally interfered with the software of the trains, causing forced malfunctions to secure lucrative contracts for their repair. They immobilized trains by implementing logic that prevented them from moving if stationary for more than ten days. Additionally, some trains had a “safeguard” preventing them from moving from specific locations in Poland, including service halls of competing companies.
I hope they get sued into bankruptcy, this type of behavior is despicable
It’s hilarious that they (Newag) claim now that unknown hackers planted the code inside the train systems, it’s surely just a huge coincidence that these mysterious “hackers” planted code there, that increases the profits of Newag
So unknown in fact, that they posted a picture of themselves on Mastodon and are doing a public talk later this month at the biggest German hacker conference: https://social.hackerspace.pl/@q3k/111528162462505087
They won capitalism?
