14 year old schoolboy hacks into Polish tram system
A teenage boy who hacked into a Polish tram system used it like "a giant train set", causing chaos and derailing four vehicles.
The 14-year-old, described by his teachers as a model pupil and an electronics "genius", adapted a television remote control so it could change track points in the city of Lodz. Twelve people were injured in one derailment, and the boy is suspected of having been involved in several similar incidents.
The teenager, who was not named by police, told them he had changed the points for a prank. A police statement said he had trespassed at tram depots in the city to gather information and the equipment needed to build the infra-red device.
