One of the Impuls trainset used in Lower Silesia

Poland: hackers used to unblock trains?

One of the Newag Impuls trainset used in Lower Silesia Janusz Jakubowski / Wikimedia)

In Poland, train manufacturer Newag is taking legal action against a maintenance company which was able to unlock the on-board computers of its trains thanks to hackers. According to the hackers, these trains were locking up for arbitrary reasons after being serviced at third-party workshops.

Want to read more?

Subscribe now!

Take advantage of our exclusive offer to get full access to all premium content.

See the offer

Author: Frédéric de Kemmeter

Frédéric de Kemmeter is signalling technician and railway policy observer.

1 comment op “Poland: hackers used to unblock trains?”

Maciej Sawicki|07.01.24|18:39

Dragon Sector has longer, more technical presentation at 37th Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg. Talk was recorded and is available online. They present arguments that are difficult to dispute, showing that the wagon manufacturer modified the software.

Add your comment

characters remaining.

Log in through one of the following social media partners to comment.

Poland: hackers used to unblock trains? | RailTech.com
One of the Impuls trainset used in Lower Silesia

Poland: hackers used to unblock trains?

One of the Newag Impuls trainset used in Lower Silesia Janusz Jakubowski / Wikimedia)

In Poland, train manufacturer Newag is taking legal action against a maintenance company which was able to unlock the on-board computers of its trains thanks to hackers. According to the hackers, these trains were locking up for arbitrary reasons after being serviced at third-party workshops.

Want to read more?

Subscribe now!

Take advantage of our exclusive offer to get full access to all premium content.

See the offer

Author: Frédéric de Kemmeter

Frédéric de Kemmeter is signalling technician and railway policy observer.

1 comment op “Poland: hackers used to unblock trains?”

Maciej Sawicki|07.01.24|18:39

Dragon Sector has longer, more technical presentation at 37th Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg. Talk was recorded and is available online. They present arguments that are difficult to dispute, showing that the wagon manufacturer modified the software.

Add your comment

characters remaining.

Log in through one of the following social media partners to comment.