Polish train manufacturer NEWAG programmed their trains’ computers not to start if maintenance is done in competitor’s service centers, after rail companies choose that competitor over them for such services. Also, hardcoded some future dates for trains to break and hid unwanted GSM trackers.
by Serious_Ocelot_9836
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How to bankrupt your company in one simple step.
That’s another level!
For my fellow Poles, [here is the original article in Polish](https://zaufanatrzeciastrona.pl/post/o-trzech-takich-co-zhakowali-prawdziwy-pociag-a-nawet-30-pociagow/).
Oh dear
Tesla / Apple vibes.
Bad business practice.
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Capitalism at its finest.
[The manufacturer responds](https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/newag-odpowiada-hakerom-i-sps-chce-wycofania-pojazdow-z-ruchu-116422.html) that all the claims are false, the report is made up and its content is sponsored by the manufacturers competitor in order to cover up for missing the deadline. The story in the report and the conclusion is fictional and all the mentioned trains have been tampered with by the third parties and its them that could have uploaded unauthorized code into the computers. Additionaly the manufacturer says that they dont consider those mentioned companies as competition, because servicing trains is only 5% of their revenue. They also say that they consider this as an attack on thier name with the goal to sink the company and they already notified authorities and the prosecutor. They also reached out to Military Counterintelligence Service.
Im not making this up, its in the article, they said they reached out to the military counterintelligence service.
Ehh, still so much to learn to reach western level of engineering. Guys should design specific parts to last only desired amount of time and breake 2 months after warranty is over. Repleacabe with some niche part made only to this specific model, way overpriced and produced only by the original manufacturer.
This is the way.
tell me the train also stops when it runs out of magenta ink