Russian Company Outsourced The Main Components In EV Chargers To A Ukrainian Company, Hilarity Ensues

[Crossy]

The electric car chargers along one of the most important freeways in Russia are all down Monday after the Ukrainian company tasked with building the main components in the chargers used backdoor access to hack them, shut them down, and program anti-Putin/pro-Ukrainian messages to scroll past on their screens

 

https://jalopnik.com/russian-company-outsourced-the-main-components-in-ev-ch-1848603252

 

[RafPinto]

Superb

[Will B Good]

Genius.

[RafPinto]

How to you write "Cha Cha" in Thai.

[sammieuk1]

If only they could light up the Kremlin literally! or maybe they can ????  

[Thailand]

What is Som nam na in Russian?

[Crossy]

Now if they could just program the EVs to spontaneously combust in the Kremlin basement parking ...

[BritManToo]

26 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Now if they could just program the EVs to spontaneously combust in the Kremlin basement parking ...

Lithium firebombs are hard to put out! 

[rott]

I hope they've already been paid for work done. 

[RichardColeman]

3 minutes ago, rott said:

I hope they've already been paid for work done. 

Agreed, and then send them the message 'Sorry, we are unable to complete this order due to our factory being destroyed by your army. We are keeping your money in part partial compensation'

[Lacessit]

Poetic justice.

[Cake Monster]

Sublime

[moogradod]

Somehow Huawei and 5G comes to mind.

[Crossy]

10 hours ago, moogradod said:

Somehow Huawei and 5G comes to mind.

 

I would lay odds that there's a back-door (or 10), I'd say a dead cert!

 

Some years ago I worked for a UK company that made some prototype equipment for a German client. There was a relatively "secret" manufacturer menu accessed by a 6 digit code.

 

The first version access code was 191418 - The client discovered this and for some reason wasn't very happy

Version 2 used 193945 - Prompting a rather "cool" response.

V3.0 used 421966 - By this time the client had either given up or failed to understand.

 

Yes, we did get that manufacturing contract but the production equipment used a different code.

[Muhendis]

I'm very happy that this "back door" hack has been actioned on this occasion however it also highlights the potential for manipulating warranty periods.

The product stops working about five minutes after warranty has expired and the repair bill is significantly more than the cost of resetting the date on an internal processor. 

I have a feeling this happens a lot.

[tonray]

I am a guitar/amp enthusiast...and I know right now many tube amp (valve amp for you Brits) owners are desperately buying up any available stock of Tungsol tubes (Russian company) (valves) which are a high quality aftermarket upgrde for many amp owners. My guess is the supply will dry up pretty quickly.

Edited March 3, 2022 by tonray

[simon43]

6 minutes ago, tonray said:

I am a guitar/amp enthusiast...and I know right now many tube amp (valve amp for you Brits) owners are desperately buying up any available stock of Tungsol tubes (Russian company) (valves) which are a high quality aftermarket upgrde for many amp owners. My guess is the supply will dry up pretty quickly.

Same for radio amateurs who use valve RF amplifiers.  Most of the valves are only manufactured in Russia.....

[Crossy]

15 minutes ago, Muhendis said:

I'm very happy that this "back door" hack has been actioned on this occasion however it also highlights the potential for manipulating warranty periods.

The product stops working about five minutes after warranty has expired and the repair bill is significantly more than the cost of resetting the date on an internal processor. 

I have a feeling this happens a lot.

 

Didn't Apple already get caught out slowing down older iPhone models to "encourage" users to update??

[Tropicalevo]

15 minutes ago, Muhendis said:

I'm very happy that this "back door" hack has been actioned on this occasion however it also highlights the potential for manipulating warranty periods.

The product stops working about five minutes after warranty has expired and the repair bill is significantly more than the cost of resetting the date on an internal processor. 

I have a feeling this happens a lot.

All of the time in the software industry.

That is the main reason I do not use Apps on my phone.

And that is not taking into account how badly written most software is these days.

[tonray]

8 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

Didn't Apple already get caught out slowing down older iPhone models to "encourage" users to update??

Yes...but they claimed is was to enhance battery life...????