2022, members of Dragon Sector were called in by a train repair shop Serwis Pojazdów Szynowych (SPS) to work out why its #trains were refusing to run. Digging into the code revealed a #software trap that would disable trains if they were anywhere near a #repair facility that wasn’t run by the manufacturer, Newag. But Newag used a pretty inaccurate way to determine when the trains were in a rival repair shop, which led to some unexpected consequences.
@Pro #capitalism at its #worst (AGAIN)
2022, members of Dragon Sector were called in by a train repair shop Serwis Pojazdów Szynowych (SPS) to work out why its #trains were refusing to run. Digging into the code revealed a #software trap that would disable trains if they were anywhere near a #repair facility that wasn’t run by the manufacturer, Newag. But Newag used a pretty inaccurate way to determine when the trains were in a rival repair shop, which led to some unexpected consequences.
This is devious.