Several railway stations across the UK have fallen victim to a cyberattack, where public Wi-Fi landing pages were replaced with messages referencing terror attacks in Europe. Among the affected stations were Manchester Piccadilly, Birmingham New Street, Edinburgh Waverley, Glasgow Central, and several in London. The British Transport Police confirmed that the altered pages displayed a message reading, “We love you, Europe,” accompanied by details about terror incidents, which the British Transport Police condemned as containing Islamophobic content.

Cybersecurity experts have labeled the incident as “opportunistic hacktivism,” suggesting that it was more about grabbing attention than a sophisticated attempt to disrupt infrastructure or steal personal data. Telent, the company responsible for Network Rail’s Wi-Fi services, reported that the unauthorised change to the Wi-Fi landing page had been carried out through a legitimate administrator account. A criminal investigation is now underway, with the British Transport Police leading the efforts.

Following the breach, Network Rail suspended Wi-Fi services at all its managed stations except St Pancras, as a precautionary measure. Telent also temporarily halted all use of Global Reach, the firm that provides the Wi-Fi landing pages, while ensuring that no other clients—including Transport for London (TfL), National Highways, and the NHS Ambulance Radio Programme were affected by the security breach. They assured the public that no personal data had been compromised during the incident.