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Yes, actually https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/judge-approves-largest-fine-u-s-history-volkswagen-n749406
The US also fined them.
In addition to this fine, they were forced to recall vehicles and fix them for free, which generates additional obvious costs while simultaneously undoing all the damage.
Maybe this manufacturer should be fined and forced to physically service every train unit for free to disable their DRM permanently. That would prevent them from having silly ideas in the future.
@AlgorithmWolf - the US fined Volkswagen, the EU did not "cripple" Volkswagen or exclude them from contracts, as far as I know.
Whoever did this at Newag needs to be charged and servicing companies and customers need to be compensated for the loss of revenue.
I wonder if making programmers go through certification/registration process like engineers would limit unethical behaviour. If a programmer was personally responsible for the damage their code does, through negligence or international.