The Taipei Times has reported that a 23-year-old university student in Taiwan has been arrested after using a software-defined radio and hand held radio to hack into Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation's (THSRC) internal radio communications and halt four trains mid-service. Chinese-language coverage from UDN and Newtalk fills in some details omitted in the English Taipei Times article. The system the student compromised is TETRA, and at 23:23 on April 5, 2026, the student transmitted a 'General Alarm' (GA) signal, the highest-priority TETRA alert, which automatically instructs trains in the area to switch to manual emergency braking. Four trains were stopped for
No, they’re doing it right by arresting him. There are ways he could publish his finding and have his share of fame in a way that would help them to get fixed and doesn’t disrupt the lives of so many people