The man has not been named, but his employer has.
A man has been arrested following the unauthorised change which led to terror alerts being displayed on public wifi login screens.
In a statement, British Transport Police said the man is an employee of Global Reach Technology, who provide some wifi 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.
The Police said the “abuse of access was restricted to the defacement of the splash pages”, and no personal data is known to have been affected.
Written by
Dan Raywood
Senior Editor
SC Media UK
Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with more than 20 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 16 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Conference, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and ESET Security Days.
Outside work, Dan enjoys supporting Tottenham Hotspur, managing mischievous cats, and sampling craft beers.
