<p>London: British police said on Thursday they had launched an investigation into a cyberattack after passengers at the country's major railway stations saw an Islamophobic message when they tried to use Wi-Fi services.</p><p>The Wi-Fi system, which is managed by communications group Telent, was quickly taken offline after passengers said a message was displayed which referred to terror attacks.</p><p>"We received reports at around 5:03 pm (1603 GMT) yesterday (Sept. 25) of a cyberattack displaying Islamophobic messaging on some Network Rail Wi-Fi services," British Transport Police said.</p><p>Tensions in Britain flared over the summer with a wave of anti-Muslim riots across the country after the killing of three young girls, an attack which was initially falsely blamed on an Islamist migrant following online misinformation.</p>.UK’s shoplifting crisis costs food retailer co-op $52.9 mn.<p>The police said they were working with Network Rail to investigate the Islamophobic cyber security incident "at pace".</p><p>Network Rail, the group which manages tracks and train hubs, said the Wi-Fi remained offline on Thursday following the incident at 19 stations including London Bridge and London Euston as well as Manchester Piccadilly and Edinburgh Waverley.</p><p>Telent said in a statement that no personal data had been affected by the hack, adding the matter was now in the hands of the police.</p><p>It said an unauthorised change had been made to the Network Rail landing page, provided by Global Reach, from a legitimate administrator account.</p><p>"As a precaution, Telent temporarily suspended all use of Global Reach services while verifying that no other Telent customers were impacted," it added.</p><p>Network Rail said it expected the Wifi service to be restored over the weekend once final security checks were completed.</p>
<p>London: British police said on Thursday they had launched an investigation into a cyberattack after passengers at the country's major railway stations saw an Islamophobic message when they tried to use Wi-Fi services.</p><p>The Wi-Fi system, which is managed by communications group Telent, was quickly taken offline after passengers said a message was displayed which referred to terror attacks.</p><p>"We received reports at around 5:03 pm (1603 GMT) yesterday (Sept. 25) of a cyberattack displaying Islamophobic messaging on some Network Rail Wi-Fi services," British Transport Police said.</p><p>Tensions in Britain flared over the summer with a wave of anti-Muslim riots across the country after the killing of three young girls, an attack which was initially falsely blamed on an Islamist migrant following online misinformation.</p>.UK’s shoplifting crisis costs food retailer co-op $52.9 mn.<p>The police said they were working with Network Rail to investigate the Islamophobic cyber security incident "at pace".</p><p>Network Rail, the group which manages tracks and train hubs, said the Wi-Fi remained offline on Thursday following the incident at 19 stations including London Bridge and London Euston as well as Manchester Piccadilly and Edinburgh Waverley.</p><p>Telent said in a statement that no personal data had been affected by the hack, adding the matter was now in the hands of the police.</p><p>It said an unauthorised change had been made to the Network Rail landing page, provided by Global Reach, from a legitimate administrator account.</p><p>"As a precaution, Telent temporarily suspended all use of Global Reach services while verifying that no other Telent customers were impacted," it added.</p><p>Network Rail said it expected the Wifi service to be restored over the weekend once final security checks were completed.</p>