In a concerning development, the public Wi-Fi systems of 19 UK railway stations have been hacked to display a message about potential terror attacks. The affected stations include Birmingham New Street, Edinburgh Waverley, Glasgow Central, Leeds, Liverpool Lime Street, London Cannon Street, London Bridge, London Charing Cross, London Clapham Junction, London Euston, London King’s Cross, London Liverpool Street, London Paddington, London Victoria, London Waterloo, Manchester Piccadilly, Reading and Guildford. Passengers who tried to log on to the Wi-Fi on Wednesday were instead met with the warning message.
Network Rail has issued a statement confirming that it is currently experiencing a “cyber security incident affecting the public Wi-Fi at Network Rail’s managed stations”. British Transport Police is investigating the issue. Network Rail believes that the attack also affected other organisations outside of rail stations.
According to reports, the third party responsible for providing Wi-Fi for Network Rail, Telent, is aware of the incident and is working with network stakeholders to investigate the situation. A spokesperson from Telent said, “We have been informed there is an ongoing investigation by the British Transport Police into this incident, so it would not be appropriate to comment further at this stage”.
At present, the Wi-Fi at the affected railway stations remains down. No groups or individuals have yet claimed responsibility for the hack
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