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

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 under license, which had now expired, leading to the shut down of kit....