Wi-Fi Contractor Arrested: Unleashes Hate-Speech on Network Rail's Wi-Fi Services

A man has been arrested following a British Transport Police investigation into the abuse of access to some Network Rail Wi-Fi services yesterday.

The man is an employee of Global Reach Technology who provide some Wi-Fi services to Network Rail. He has been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and offences under the Malicious Communications Act 1988.

Officers received reports just after 5pm yesterday (25 September) of a breach of some Network Rail Wi-Fi services at railway stations which were displaying Islamophobic messaging. The abuse of access was restricted to the defacement of the splash pages, and no personal data is known to have been affected.