{"id":8381,"date":"2024-09-26T15:04:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T15:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/train-passengers-receive-islamophobic-messages-after-cyber-attack\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T15:04:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T15:04:18","slug":"train-passengers-receive-islamophobic-messages-after-cyber-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/train-passengers-receive-islamophobic-messages-after-cyber-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Train passengers receive Islamophobic messages after cyber attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Train passengers at some of the country’s biggest rail stations have been hit by a “cyber security incident” which saw them exposed to Islamophobic messages.<\/p>\n

Manchester Piccadilly, Birmingham New Street and 11 stations in London were affected by the cyber attack on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Passengers trying to log on to public wifi at the Network Railway-managed stations were targeted with the Islamophobic message.<\/p>\n

The message sent out in place of the wifi login page, which has been seen by Sky News, contained a passage referring to a UK terror attack.<\/p>\n

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Network Rail has suspended wifi services at stations across the country following the incident.<\/p>\n

The only Network Rail-managed station not affected was London’s St Pancras.<\/p>\n

A Network Rail spokesperson, said: “Last night the public wifi at 19 of Network Rail’s managed stations was subjected to a cyber security incident and was quickly taken off-line.<\/p>\n

“The incident is subject to a full investigation. The wifi is provided by a third party, is self-contained and is a simple ‘click & connect’ service that doesn’t collect any personal data.<\/p>\n

“Once our final security checks have been completed, we anticipate the service will be restored by the weekend.”<\/p>\n

A British Transport police spokesperson said: “We received reports at around 5.03pm yesterday (Wednesday) of a cyber attack displaying Islamophobic messaging on some Network Rail Wi-Fi services.<\/p>\n

“We are working alongside Network Rail to investigate the incident at pace.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This post appeared first on sky.com<\/div>\n

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