A man has been arrested for allegedly perpetrating a ‘Nightsleeper’ style hack which shut down public wi-fi at some of Britain’s biggest railway stations.
Yesterday customers attempting to log onto the Wi-Fi at train stations managed by Network Rail found the landing page replaced by a message reading ‘We love you, Europe’, followed by Islamophobic messages.
British Transport Police have since confirmed a man has been arrested in connection with the attack, believed to be an employee of Global Reach Technology supply Wi-Fi to Network Rail.
The suspect has been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and offences under the Malicious Communications Act 1988.
London Euston, Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly were among 11 stations to be targeted by the attack, which has been compared to BBC drama Nightsleeper which features a sleeper train travelling from Glasgow to London which is hacked and hijacked.
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