A significant cyber-attack has impacted at least 19 major railway stations across Britain, disrupting public Wi-Fi services for passengers on Thursday.
Among the affected stations are some of the busiest in the country, including London Euston, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street, Birmingham New Street, and Glasgow Central, as reported by Network Rail. Other notable locations hit by the attack include Bristol Temple Meads, Edinburgh Waverley, Leeds, Guildford, and Reading.
The attack particularly targeted ten key stations in London: Cannon Street, Charing Cross, Clapham Junction, Euston, King’s Cross, Liverpool Street, London Bridge, Paddington, Victoria, and Waterloo.
In response, the British Transport Police have launched an investigation after passengers reported alarming messages referencing terror attacks across Europe while trying to access the compromised Wi-Fi.
The affected services were managed by Telent, a third-party provider responsible for critical infrastructure systems throughout the UK. Telent serves various sectors, including Openreach, Transport for London, National Highways, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, and the NHS Ambulance Radio Programme.
Adding to the concern, social media users shared that the hacked Wi-Fi landing page displayed the message, “We love you, Europe,” along with details of terror incidents.
As of Thursday morning, Wi-Fi services at the impacted stations remained offline while authorities and Telent worked to resolve the breach.
