Newag backdoor

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Newag S.A. (pronounced "nevag") is a Polish company based in Nowy Sącz that specializes in the production, maintenance, and modernization of railway rolling stock.^[1]

Backdoor incident

In 2022, when maintenance was done on trains manufactured by Newag, malicious code and backdoors were discovered which were found to make the trains break down after third-party repairs, prevent them from entering a competitors workshop and also stop working after a set amount of time standing still.^[2] The investigation against Newag is still on-going.

Sources

[1] ttps://www.newag.pl/en/company/history/

[2] ttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/manufacturer-deliberately-bricked-trains-repaired-by-competitors-hackers-find/

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