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WiFi suspended at big UK train stations after 'cybersecurity incident'


London Euston, Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street among those targeted with terrorism message

Nineteen stations including London Euston, Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street had their wifi services suspended on Wednesday night after the incident. A British Transport Police spokesperson said: ‘We are aware of a cyber-attack that affected some Network Rail wifi services, reported to us at around 5.03pm today (25 September). The National Crime Agency (NCA) said a 17-year-old male was detained on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990, in relation to the attack launched on TfL’s systems on 1 September.

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