Three hackers in Poland were rent to fix the software program of a wiped out gearing , and they were successful , but now the train company , Newag , is jeopardise to sue them , according to Polish outletRynek Kolejowy . The hackers allege that the trains were by design outfitted with software that would ensure they could n’t maneuver if they were repaired by an independent party .
“ Today we are sure that it was a deliberate action on Newag ’s part , ” said Michał Kowalczyk , part of the Polish hacking grouping Dragon Sector , last week . “ We discovered the manufacturing business ’s interference in the software , which direct to forced failures and to the fact that the trains did not start . ”
“ Bricking ” is common for technical school companies — Australia process Apple in 2017for bricking iPhones touch on by third party — but it ’s much rarer to hear about bricking a train . The train producer in question , Newag , is one of the oldest railway companies in Poland , and they are not taking this fiasco lightly . “ This is slander from our rivalry , which is channel an illegal black PR campaign against us , ” say Newag in a statement to the Polish publishing .
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The geartrain caller also demanded the repaired trains be take from service immediately because they had been “ hacked ” and therefore might now be unsafe , which can not be substantiated , grant to404 Media .
Companies will often brick a intersection for being repair by a third company to maintain an ongoing revenue stream on their products — be it through doing repairs themselves or insisting on a substitution . Newag trains are run by independent operators , and many have been have mysterious failure since this summer impacting service for customer , according toRynek Kolejowy .
In a last - ditch effort to fix the numerous trains that would n’t start , a fix company Google searched “ Polish Hacker ” and Dragon Sector came up . The Polish hacker were ultimately able to fix the string . Newag tell they will “ charge appropriate lawsuits against the ‘ alleged hacker ’ , ” as well as the repair company that charter them .
“ All of this is OEM(Original Equipment Manufacturer ) Irish bull , ” say Gay Gordon - Byrne , a drawing card of a right wing - to - mend advocacy group to 404 Media . Gordon - Byrne says this is enable byDRM , or Digital Rights Management , which is often used by manufacturers to ensure customers have to go back to the informant to indemnify their products . “ It ’s DRM go wild . ”
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