Cyber attack hits Network Rail train stations full list Northwich Guardian
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A cyber attack has hit public wifi at some of the biggest railway stations in the country
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Manchester Piccadilly Birmingham New Street Edinburgh Waverley Glasgow Central and 10 stations in London have all been affected by the attack on Wednesday which saw passengers trying to log on seeing messages about terror attacks in Europe according to reports
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The Manchester Evening News said the wifi webpage after the hack said We love you Europe and contained information about terror attacks
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Network Rail which manages the stations has suspended wifi services at stations across the country following what it described as a cyber security incident
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The only Network Railmanaged station not affected was St Pancras
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A Network Rail spokesperson said We are currently dealing with a cyber security incident affecting the public wifi at Network Rails managed stations
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British Transport Police are investigating the incident
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This service is provided via a third party and has been suspended while an investigation is under way
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British Transport Police said We received reports at around 503pm yesterday September 25 of a cyber attack displaying Islamophobic messaging on some Network Rail wifi services
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We are working alongside Network Rail to investigate the incident at pace
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Telent the thirdparty firm which provides wifi for Network Rail said it was also investigating the incident
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We are aware of the cybersecurity incident affecting the public wifi at Network Rails managed stations and are investigating with Network Rail and other stakeholders a company spokesperson said
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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
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According to its website Telent helps design build support and manage some of the UKs critical digital infrastructure and its other customers include Openreach Transport for London TfL National Highways the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the NHS Ambulance Radio Programme
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It has not yet been confirmed if any of Telents other customers have been impacted by the incident
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Jake Moore global cybersecurity adviser at Eset said the incident appeared to be an attempt to draw attention to a lack of security rather than a genuine threat
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Cyber attacks often occur in stealth mode and attempt to carry out activities without anyone noticing anything until the real damage is complete he said
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However by defacing the wifi logon screen with a terror message suggests that the motive may simply be to test its general security rather than to pose a genuine threat and in this case via the weakest link in the supply chain and most likely via a phishing campaign
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Financially motivated cyber criminals are out to find data they can either steal or sabotage with a ransom demand put in place
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However it seems nothing more has been demanded here other than more security in place following a separate attack on TfL earlier this month
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A cyber attack has hit public wifi at some of the biggest railway stations in the country
pp
Manchester Piccadilly Birmingham New Street Edinburgh Waverley Glasgow Central and 10 stations in London have all been affected by the attack on Wednesday which saw passengers trying to log on seeing messages about terror attacks in Europe according to reports
pp
The Manchester Evening News said the wifi webpage after the hack said We love you Europe and contained information about terror attacks
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Network Rail which manages the stations has suspended wifi services at stations across the country following what it described as a cyber security incident
pp
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The only Network Railmanaged station not affected was St Pancras
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A Network Rail spokesperson said We are currently dealing with a cyber security incident affecting the public wifi at Network Rails managed stations
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British Transport Police are investigating the incident
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This service is provided via a third party and has been suspended while an investigation is under way
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British Transport Police said We received reports at around 503pm yesterday September 25 of a cyber attack displaying Islamophobic messaging on some Network Rail wifi services
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We are working alongside Network Rail to investigate the incident at pace
pp
Telent the thirdparty firm which provides wifi for Network Rail said it was also investigating the incident
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We are aware of the cybersecurity incident affecting the public wifi at Network Rails managed stations and are investigating with Network Rail and other stakeholders a company spokesperson said
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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
pp
According to its website Telent helps design build support and manage some of the UKs critical digital infrastructure and its other customers include Openreach Transport for London TfL National Highways the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the NHS Ambulance Radio Programme
pp
It has not yet been confirmed if any of Telents other customers have been impacted by the incident
pp
Jake Moore global cybersecurity adviser at Eset said the incident appeared to be an attempt to draw attention to a lack of security rather than a genuine threat
pp
Cyber attacks often occur in stealth mode and attempt to carry out activities without anyone noticing anything until the real damage is complete he said
pp
However by defacing the wifi logon screen with a terror message suggests that the motive may simply be to test its general security rather than to pose a genuine threat and in this case via the weakest link in the supply chain and most likely via a phishing campaign
pp
Financially motivated cyber criminals are out to find data they can either steal or sabotage with a ransom demand put in place
pp
However it seems nothing more has been demanded here other than more security in place following a separate attack on TfL earlier this month
pp
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