As a member of the FPV drone racing community I am sad to say that my Orqa goggles have been caught up in a dispute / ransom attack that has rendered my goggles unusable. :(
They aren't phoning home, or at least that is not the issue here. The goggles don't even ship with any kind of wireless capability to phone home, although there is an aftermarket wifi module for video streaming and such.
The issue here is that the bootloader (apparently written by a contractor) was preprogrammed to prevent booting after a certain date. The contractor is claiming this is the result of some kind of license agreement (or maybe disagreement?) with Orqa, the manufacturer.
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As a member of the FPV drone racing community I am sad to say that my Orqa goggles have been caught up in a dispute / ransom attack that has rendered my goggles unusable. :(
Glad to see a fellow drone/fpv enthusiast in here!
Why are your googles phoning home?
They aren't phoning home, or at least that is not the issue here. The goggles don't even ship with any kind of wireless capability to phone home, although there is an aftermarket wifi module for video streaming and such.
The issue here is that the bootloader (apparently written by a contractor) was preprogrammed to prevent booting after a certain date. The contractor is claiming this is the result of some kind of license agreement (or maybe disagreement?) with Orqa, the manufacturer.