Train station Wi-Fi cyber attack: 10 of London's busiest stations hit by 'Islamophobic cyber attack'

Network Rail confirmed that the wi-fi systems at stations including London Euston and Victoria were affected by the cyber attack on Wednesday, September 25.

Wi-Fi services at the affected stations were suspended on Wednesday night and were still down on Thursday morning.

According to the Manchester Evening News, people who logged onto the service were met with a web page containing details of terrorist incidents in the UK and abroad.

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A Network Rail spokesperson confirmed the wi-fi was still down and said: "We are currently dealing with a cyber security incident affecting the public wi-fi at Network Rail’s managed stations."

The affected London stations include:

London Cannon Street, London Bridge, Charing Cross, Clapham Junction, Euston, King’s Cross, Liverpool Street, Paddington, Victoria and Waterloo.

Other stations targeted by the hack include Manchester Piccadilly, Birmingham New Street, Glasgow Central, Leeds City, Liverpool Lime Street, Bristol Temple Meads, Edinburgh Waverley, Reading, Guildford.

The British Transport Police said: “We received reports at around 5.03pm yesterday (September 25) of a cyber-attack displaying Islamophobic messaging on some Network Rail Wi-Fi services. We are working alongside Network Rail to investigate the incident at pace.”

Telent, the third party which provides the wi-fi for Network Rail, confirmed it was aware of the "security incident" and was "investigating with Network Rail and other stakeholders".

A spokesperson said: "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."