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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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.

Mod wanted ONLY article, so enjoy reading in polish.

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[-] [email protected] 81 points 9 months ago

Mod wanted ONLY article, so enjoy reading in polish.

I love it. Do we have a malicious compliance community on lemmy?

[-] [email protected] 41 points 9 months ago

No idea. Original post was deleted because "not an article". I can't even see old version to not go through a pain of typing post body again.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

There's [email protected], but it looks like it's not very active anymore.

[-] [email protected] 59 points 9 months ago

I don’t understand this. This only hurts the reputation of the manufacturer “this fucking train broke again with a weird error that’s not documented anywhere, next purchase better be any other brand”

like at my work, we banned any purchase of HP printers because they reliably work only with a service technician subscription

[-] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago

They would say: that was because you used the cheaper service instead of us and they botched the repair. It is only a problem for NEWAG because the world found out.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

But also it bricks after just 10 days of idle in storage

[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

As I understood 10 days of idle for old version and 10 days of idle in ISP facility for new.

[-] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Here's link to short version in English written by author.

And article translation to Russian.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago

Can we get this formally defined in law as willful destruction of property. No exceptions.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago

Fuck, the Reddit mods did migrate to here. Fuck that mod. Also, Poland needs a good lawyer.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

I heard they sold some trains to Italy. And italian financial police is not afraid to arrest Putin's yacht.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago

Social media posts are not allowed on most lemmy communities.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago

I can't imagine a scenario where NEWAG isn't blackballed from all future EU contracts for pulling this stunt.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

can someone find and post that mastodon original link that was much more understandable than polish?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

In my comment there is links to mastodon post and translated to russian article. Sadly, I can't pin comments.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
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