2 posts tagged ‘trains’
Polish hackers could be sued for unlocking commuter trains "bricked" by manufacturer
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Earlier this week, I wrote about the remarkably cool story of three Polish hackers successfully messing with "the system", as per request of their employer. They huffed and they puffed and they put a bunch of green numbers onto black terminal screens or whatever it is these people do to make stuff work. — Read the rest The post Polish hackers could be sued for unlocking commuter trains "bricked" by manufacturer appeared first on Boing Boing.
Polish hackers successfully bypass manufacturer's "bricking" of trains
Polish commuter train company Lower Silesian Railway (LSR), which operates out of Wrocław, sent their trains to Serwis Pojazdów Szynowych (SPS) for fixing and general repair. SPS had a problem, though. Trains that they had taken in for regular maintenance and repairs weren't working. — Read the rest The post Polish hackers successfully bypass manufacturer's "bricking" of trains appeared first on Boing Boing.