Orqa drone goggles bricked: Time-bomb ransomware or unpaid firmware license?

The Register
May 3, 2023, 7:35 pm192 pts
VR headset maker and software dev clash over blame Drone-racing goggles from Orqa stopped working over the weekend due to what was alleged by the manufacturer to be a "ransomware time-bomb" embedded in the hardware's bootloader by a "greedy former contractor." Or as contractor put it, the code was provided…

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