A CYBER hack on the public wifi of Britain’s most popular rail stations replaced the landing page for commuters accessing the internet with an Islamophobic message on Wednesday.

Manchester Piccadilly, Birmingham New Street, Edinburgh Waverley, Glasgow Central and 10 stations in London were among those affected by the incident, which showed messages about terror attacks in Europe to commuters who tried to log on.

The British Transport Police described the messaging as Islamophobic and said it was investigating the crime.

Cybersecurity experts said the incident appeared to be an act of “opportunistic hacktivism,” rather than an organised attack designed to take down infrastructure or attempt to steal people’s data.

Telent, the third-party firm which provides wifi for Network Rail said the “unauthorised change” to the wifi landing page had been done from a “legitimate administrator account” and that the matter was now subject to criminal investigation.

Network Rail, which manages the stations, has suspended wifi services at stations across the country following the “cyber security incident.”

The only Network Rail-managed station not affected was London St Pancras.