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Newag accused of deliberate train malfunctions for profit (www.voiceofeurope.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/europe@feddit.de

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A group of hackers has discovered that the rail vehicle manufacturer Newag intentionally caused train malfunctions to secure contracts for their repair. According to Rzeczpospolita, this information comes from a group of hackers known as Dragon Sector, hired by railway companies in Poland and specializing in IT security on an international scale.

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[–] dont_lemmee_down@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

So unknown in fact, that they posted a picture of themselves on Mastodon and are doing a public talk later this month at the biggest German hacker conference: https://social.hackerspace.pl/@q3k/111528162462505087