Germany’s rail network brought to standstill by botched IT replacement

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Germany's rail network was halted due to a failed IT system replacement, stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers and leading to widespread criticism of Deutsche Bahn. Initial fears of a cyberattack were dispelled when it was found the disruption was caused by maintenance work on internal communication systems.

Deutsche Bahn widely criticised after hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded in operator’s latest setback Germany’s rail network ground to a halt late on Tuesday as a result of maintenance work that went wrong, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers unable to get home as the national operator faced widespread criticism over the chaos. The Deutsche Bahn (DB) meltdown was initially thought to have been caused by a cyber-attack, but it later emerged that it was likely to have been triggered by a scheduled attempt to replace an ageing component in the railway’s internal communication network, without which the trains are unable to run. Continue reading...