Polish train maker denies claims its software bricked rolling stock maintained by competitor - eviltoast
Polish train maker denies claims it geofenced trains
www.theregister.com
Says it was probably hacked, which isn't good news either
    • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
      102·
      11 months ago

      Sweet! Now that that’s done let’s make 2024 the year newsmedia will start putting bullshit stories about what a random Lemmy user says!

  • machinin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    11 months ago

    The evidence seemed pretty damning. Hopefully we’ll get more updates to see how this plays out.

    • ArbiterXero@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      11 months ago

      I really wanna hear the reason they will give for why they had gps coordinates in the train software…

      • WaterWaiver@aussie.zoneEnglish
        10·
        11 months ago

        Purely for logging 3rd party maintenance for their internal market research purposes I’m sure :D

      • perviouslyiner@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        and how hackers being able to change train software is in any way a less-damaging thing to claim!

        • ArbiterXero@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          I mean I’m assuming that they were given physical access to the trains by the owners, but I goes that isn’t clear, so you may be right…