Terrorism message that appeared on Wi-Fi page at UK train stations was 'act of cyber vandalism'

The hijacking of a Wi-Fi landing page at UK train stations, including Manchester Piccadilly, that was changed to an article about terrorist attacks, was an 'act of cyber vandalism', the communications firm involved has said.

A criminal investigation is underway after the log in pages for the Wi-Fi at Network Rail managed stations across the country had changed to a website headlined 'We love you, Europe' on Wednesday night (September 25).

It contained information about terror incidents in the UK and abroad, which the British Transport Police described as 'Islamophobic messaging'. A man, who is an employee of Global Reach, the provider of the Wi-Fi landing page, has since been arrested, British Transport Police have confirmed.

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Manchester Piccadilly was one of 20 stations managed by Network Rail, including 11 in London, to have been affected by the 'cyber-security incident' on Wednesday.

The communications firm Telent, which provides the services, confirmed an investigation was underway on Thursday morning (September 26). It was determined that an unauthorised change was made from a legitimate administrator account within Global Reach, the provider of the Wi-Fi landing page.

"Through investigations with Global Reach, the provider of the Wi-Fi landing page, it has been identified that an unauthorised change was made to the Network Rail landing page from a legitimate Global Reach administrator account and the matter is now subject to criminal investigations by the British Transport Police," a spokesperson previously said.

In a new update, Telent described the incident as an 'act of cyber vandalism', which originated 'from