Man charged over train station cyber attack

A man has been charged over a cyber attack on UK railway stations which resulted in people being shown terror messages on their phone.

Network Rail wi-fi services were taken down at 19 train stations on 25 September 2024, when messages appeared showing potentially offensive imagery.

British Transport Police said the images displayed "imagery intended to incite religious hatred" and a man had been arrested at his home in Bromley, London.

John Andreas Wik, 36, and of Limes Road in Beckenham, has been charged with publishing or distributing written material intending to stir up religious hatred and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 11 April.

The stations affected included:

Birmingham New Street;

Bristol Temple Meads;

Edinburgh Waverley;

Glasgow Central;

Guildford;

Leeds;

Liverpool Lime Street;

London Bridge;

London Cannon Street;

London Charing Cross;

London Clapham Junction;

London Euston;

London King's Cross;

London Liverpool Street;

London Paddington;

London Victoria;

London Waterloo;

Manchester Piccadilly;

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