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Train vandals create havoc for Metro (Victoria, Australia)

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Train vandals create havoc for Metro (Victoria, Australia) 03/12/2013 at 07:05 #52340
maxand
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Graffiti vandals are causing mayhem on Melbourne's rail network by tampering with signals and train braking systems, breaking into driver's cabs and tagging windscreens while riding on the backs of trains.

The trail of destruction has been revealed by a small posse of tech-savvy trainspotters, who hack into Metro's internal radio network to expose raw and sometimes startling details about the daily disruptions to the rail network.

The group's publishing of radio communication between train drivers and controllers reveals the scale of Metro's problems with vandalised and defective trains, trespassers on tracks and close calls at level crossings.

Last week the group revealed a flurry of troubling incidents on one evening, including graffiti vandals breaking into the rear driver's cab on a Frankston train; drivers being warned to go slow because youths were putting debris on the tracks near Elsternwick; a family's near-miss with a train after dashing across a pedestrian crossing at Edithvale; a smashed train window; and vandals' attempts to kick in the door of a rear cab at Balaclava. All of this was reported in just over an hour between 7.50pm and 9pm on November 27.
Full article: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/train-vandals-create-havoc-for-metro-20131203-2yocb.html

I don't know how this compares with the situation in the UK nor whether you guys have similar vigilante groups over there.

The group's website is http://www.melbournetrains.net/
Last edited: 03/12/2013 at 07:07 by maxand
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Train vandals create havoc for Metro (Victoria, Australia) 03/12/2013 at 11:17 #52345
sorabain
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72 posts 		What a disturbing trend. Some form of "extreme graffiti" where you do it while the train is in operation? I can't imagine that these works are the artistic end of graffiti.. just some quickly squirted scruffy tag? Hope they get caught quickly and dealt with harshly.

I wouldn't condone "hacking" the radio communications (is this anything more than just tuning in?) as it could divert resources in order to make that more secure, or provide unwanted motivation to obfuscate what needs to be clear and private communications
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