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In case anyone is interested in what Volkswagen did exactly in "Dieselgate", I can recommend this talk at the Chaos Communication Congress 2015, that does a technical deep dive: https://media.ccc.de/v/32c3-7331-the_exhaust_emissions_scand...

The talk includes some pretty impressive reverse engineering.

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There's a Dirty Money (one of the few great Netflix docuseries that never renewed for a season 3) episode on this topic which I can recommend https://m.imdb.com/title/tt7909168/plotsummary/

Tangentially, I am just remembering I never followed up on what happened with those trains that detected if they were in an enemy repair facility.

Sounds like the publicity might have forced the manufacturer to open up the relevant control software a little?: https://rollingstockworld.com/passenger-cars/newag-to-make-c...

Wheels of justice grind slowly and all that, but I was really hoping to see more formal government investigations by this point. Especially given the Russian hackers who had previously shutdown the trains.

There is an investigation undergoing.

There is an investigation ongoing. Things like these take time. There's no point in informing the public about every action undertaken during the investigation, because the entity being investigated may take appropriate precautions.

Anyway, don't despair just yet. And yeah, I also wish it wouldn't take that long.

https://youtu.be/XrlrbfGZo2k

Hah! I was wondering where the name came from

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