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It’s an article from 2025 July, if you follow the story it doesn’t contain new information
I read that back then and was wondering if there were any new developments. Looks like checking the comments always pays off.
This has been my favourite tech story for the past few years, I hope the train company gets put in its place properly this time.
Edit: This article is from July last year.
Newag […] is suing ethical hackers who exposed its anti-repair software, threatening independent repair and consumer rights.
It sounds like the hackers are threatening the company with independent repair and consumer rights
ethical hackers
Now all we need is for some unethical ones to hack them into bankruptcy.
It’s always great to see how the EU handles IP and large companies compared to the US.
If the articles series of events and statements are true I wonder if the hackers will win. The company initiating the lock initially created a state where un-serviced trains locked up. It seems a straightforward case of bug fixing that is allowed in EU law.
Looking at the requested penalty makes me wonder why they didn’t request one trillion. I mean if you are being blatant about your ulterior motive to scare off further investigation into your unethical practices.
Anyway they now got the stink on them. Any railway operator dealing with them will have no one but themselves to blame going forward.
Unfortunately, EU laws mean that they have to let companies bid on contracts, so their influence on who they deal with is somewhat limited.
Even if this is true, and I make no comment on that, you may very well be correct. Without further laws/treaties bidding ≠ selecting. I assume one of the criteria is the company’s fitness.
The train operators should recognise that they are in a bit of a monopsony, here.
Add more requirements to the contract that make these kinds of practices impossible/harder to pull off
If you post hard enough you can get a company to sue you out of desperation.
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