The Wi-Fi at Network Rail managed stations across the country was affected by the ‘cyber incident’
A man has been arrested following a “cyber security incident” that resulted in the Wi-Fi at UK train stations being overtaken with a terrorism message on Wednesday evening (September 25). An investigation began after the log-in pages for the Wi-Fi at Network Rail managed stations nationwide, including Liverpool Lime Street and London Euston, were changed to a website titled “We love you, Europe”.
The site contained details about terror incidents in the UK and overseas, which the British Transport Police labelled as “Islamophobic messaging”. All Wi-Fi services at the affected stations have been suspended.
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It has emerged that this “act of cyber vandalism” originated from within Global Reach, the provider of the Wi-Fi landing page. Communications company Telent stated that “an unauthorised change” was made to the Network Rail landing page from a “legitimate Global Reach administrator account”.
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A man, an employee of Global Reach Technology, was arrested today, Thursday September 26, under suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act and Malicious Communications Act, reports the Manchester Evening News.
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This arrest came after a British Transport Police investigation into the misuse of access to the Network Rail Wi-Fi services, which were affected at 20 Network Rail stations across the UK.
A BTP spokesperson said: “Officers received reports just after 5pm yesterday (25 September) of a breach of some Network Rail Wi-Fi services at railway stations which were displaying Islamophobic messaging. The abuse of access was restricted to the defacement of the splash pages, and no personal data is known to have been affected.
“The man is an employee of Global Reach Technology who provide some Wi-Fi services to Network Rail. He has been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and offences under the Malicious Communications Act 1988.”
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