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Oof, off topic but the trains were out of service here for my commute last night so I though from the headline this meant that somehow all trains everywhere jus

Oof, off topic but the trains were out of service here for my commute last night so I though from the headline this meant that somehow all trains everywhere just stopped working. Glad to see it’s just some Saas product that’s down

Gravityloss 8mo ago
Indeed! Remote bricking of trains is perhaps a thing: https://www.thedrive.com/news/hackers-beat-anti-repair-software-locks-that-caused-train-breakdowns https://www.thedrive.com/news/hackers-beat-anti-repair-softw...
- esseph 8mo ago
  It's also mandated by Congress in the US, it's called PTC. (Remote control)
  - nhubbard 8mo ago
    This wasn't PTC. It was repair lockouts instituted by the manufacturer of the trains based on a GPS geofencing beacon.
    - esseph 8mo ago
      Sure! I'm just pointing out that technically you can stop the trains remotely - by design.
jasoncartwright 8mo ago
PaaS