Twenty railway stations affected by cyber attack

Cyber attackers have caused disruption at 20 UK railway stations.

Network Rail confirmed that the wi-fi systems at stations including London Euston, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street and Birmingham New Street were affected.

People have reported logging on to the wi-fi at the stations and being met with a screen about terror attacks in Europe.

A Network Rail spokeswoman said: “We are currently dealing with a cyber security incident affecting the public wi-fi at Network Rail’s managed stations.”

Telent, the third party which provides the wi-fi for Network Rail, confirmed it was aware of the “security incident” was “investigating with Network Rail and other stakeholders”.

A spokesperson said: “We have been informed there is an ongoing investigation by the British Transport Police into this incident, so it would not be appropriate to comment further at this stage.”