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Polish Train Maker Is Suing the Hackers Who Exposed Its Anti-Repair Tricks (www.ifixit.com)
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[โ€“] AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world 76 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I keep a small list titled "illegal heroes", and these hackers are on that list. It's bullshit that they're being hounded like this.

[โ€“] 0xD 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

They are not illegal heroes, they are pentesters and were paid by train company SPS who were using these trains.

https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12142-breaking_drm_in_polish_trains

They had a talk at CCC 2 years ago, and last one too I think. It's pretty funny.