The cyberattack on Wednesday impacted eleven stations in London, Birmingham New Street, and Manchester Piccadilly.
The firm in charge of overseeing the wifi system, Telent, stated that the police are currently handling the situation and that the attack originated from an employee of the business that runs the wifi portal.
The British Transport Police are currently looking into the unauthorized alteration that was made to the Network Rail landing page using a valid Global Reach administrator account, according to a statement from Telent.
The Islamophobic message was directed at passengers attempting to access the public wifi at the stations under the management of the Network Railway.
News was able to view the text that was sent out in place of the wifi login page, and it mentioned a terror act that occurred in the United Kingdom.
According to Rick Goud, chief information officer of the cyber security company Zivver, “insider threats pose a significant risk to critical national infrastructure because they originate from people who have legitimate access to sensitive systems and data.”
