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Train manufacturer intentionally bricks trains serviced by independent service providers (social.hackerspace.pl)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Polish article

From https://lemmy.world/post/9227800

Train manufacturer intentionally bricks trains serviced by independent service providers

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.

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Polish Trains were equipped with automatic killswitch by manufacturer Newag (social.hackerspace.pl)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A polish hacker found out why trains did stop working. The manufacterer implemented a hidden electronic switch, which automatically activated after trains were serviced by a different company.

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Train manufacturer intentionally bricks trains serviced by independent service providers (social.hackerspace.pl)

submitted 11 months ago by uis to c/[email protected]

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Also manufacturer is able to remotely brick train over internet(connected via GSM) at any time.

Full versions: Polish(original), Russian

Polish train manufacturer Newag proven to use geolocation to lock-up trains at third party service depots (social.hackerspace.pl)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A Mastodon thread by @q3k, who, together with @redford and @mrtick have reverse engineered the PLC code of NEWAG Impuls EMUs

Polish train manufacturer Newag proven to use geolocation to lock-up trains at third party service depots (social.hackerspace.pl)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A Mastodon thread by @q3k, who, together with @redford and @mrtick have reverse engineered the PLC code of NEWAG Impuls EMUs

polish train manufacturer newag used geolocation to lock-up trains at 3rd party service depots (social.hackerspace.pl)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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from the “i'll drm your arse” and “industrial sabotage r us” department, a true scandal: a polish train manufacturer used firmware to lock out trains at 3rd party service depots in order to disrupt the operations of the trains for the railways who did not choose to service the trains at the manufacturer's; at the same time they blamed the 3rd parties for their inability to properly service the trains.

further reading in polish (but translates via google well): more technical and less technical, but with more political/economical details.

Polish trains lock up when serviced in third-party workshops (social.hackerspace.pl)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Bisschen nerdig, aber durchaus mit Bahnbezug und ziemlich spannend:

We (@redford, @mrtick and I) have reverse engineered the PLC code of NEWAG Impuls EMUs. These trains were locking up for arbitrary reasons after being serviced at third-party workshops.

Beim kommenden Chaos Communication Congress wird es dazu ebenfalls einen Talk geben und auch drüben bei HN wird fleißig diskutiert.

Polish trains lock up when serviced in third-party workshops (social.hackerspace.pl)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

1 comments fedilink

There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.