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.

  • @[email protected]
    12•7 months ago

    I’m now imagining rgb trains. Mechanical turn styles, high refresh rate info screens, giant AIO coolers.

    • @[email protected]
      2•7 months ago

      Plenty of modern rolling stock already has water cooled power electronics, oil-cooled transformers, and I’m sure there’s RGB passenger information displays.

      They also laugh at your little 120/140/200mm fans.