Manchester Piccadilly station Wi-Fi firm issues statement after users targeted with terrorism message

The company which manages the public Wi-Fi service at Manchester's Piccadilly station says it is investigating a hacking incident that saw users fed a message about terrorism.

Piccadilly was one of 20 stations where the internet service was targeted in the "'cyber security incident" last night (Wednesday).

Users attempting to log on to the service were met with a webpage, which has been seen by the Manchester Evening News. Headlined 'We love you, Europe,' the page contains information about terror incidents in the UK and abroad and appears to have an anti-Islamic message..

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Also among the stations targeted, all of which are managed by Network Rail, were 11 in London including Euston and Victoria. British Transport have confirmed they are investigating. The communications company which provides the Wi-Fi at the stations have now confirmed they are looking into what happened.

In a statement issued to the Manchester Evening News, Telent said: "We are aware of the cyber security incident affecting the public Wi-Fi at Network Rail’s managed stations and are investigating with Network Rail and other stakeholders.

"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."

British Transport Police (BTP) have confirmed they are investigating. A spokesperson said: "We are aware of a cyber-attack that affected some Network Rail Wi-Fi services, reported to us at around 5.03pm today (25 September). We are working with Network Rail to investigate the incident."

As of 9pm last night the Wi-Fi services at