
Michał Kowalczyk
A reverse engineer, mostly known for exposing locks in Newag trains
Dragon Sector / Invisible Things Lab
Michał is a reverse engineer interested in cryptography and low-level hacking, who analyzes random things just to check how they work.
Vice captain of Dragon Sector CTF team, playing CTFs since 2013. Captain of Poland Can Into Space team, with whom he won the third edition of the Hack-A-Sat satellite hacking competition.
He co-authored a book about reverse engineering (Praktyczna inżynieria wsteczna, PWN, 2016) and was a speaker at 37C3, 38C3, RE//verse 2025, REcon BRX 2018 and many others.
Past Presentations
Locks in Newag trains - from DRM to lawsuits
14:30 - 15:10, 27th of May (Tuesday) 2025/ DEV TRENDS STAGE