British police announced today that they are launching an investigation into a cyber-attack after passengers at the country’s major train stations saw an Islamophobic message when trying to use Wi-Fi services. The Wi-Fi system, which is operated by communications group Telent, was quickly shut down after passengers reported seeing a message referring to terrorist attacks. “We received reports at approximately 5:03pm yesterday (September 25) of a cyber attack with Islamophobic messages appearing on some of Network Railservices’ Wi-Fi services,” British Transport Police said. In the summer, anti-Islam sentiment rose in the country with a wave of anti-Muslim protests nationwide following the killing of three young girls in an attack that was initially mistakenly attributed to an Islamic immigrant following misinformation online. Network Rail, the group that runs most of the country’s rail network, said Wi-Fi remains down today following the incident at 19 stations, including […]
Source: News Beast
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