Remember the Network Rail Wi-Fi hack?
>IT worker faces jail for anti-Islam cyber attack on WiFi at London train stations
>An IT worker who hijacked the WiFi at train stations around the country with messages about terrorist attacks and a claim that Islam is “taking over Europe” is facing jail.
>John Andreas Wik, 36, hacked the system so that members of the public who went online saw information about the Manchester Arena bombing, the London Bridge attack, as well as terror attacks in Paris and Stockholm.
>Ten train stations in London - Euston, Victoria, King’s Cross, London Bridge, Cannon Street, Charing Cross, Liverpool Street, Paddington, Clapham Junction and Waterloo – were affected by the hack on September 25 last year.
>The court heard stations at Manchester Piccadilly, Birmingham New Street, Glasgow Central, Leeds City, Liverpool Lime Street, Bristol Temple Meads, Edinburgh Waverley, Reading, and Guildford were also impacted.
>Prosecutors claim the hacked pages were also online at a series of music venues in Germany and Bicester shopping village in the UK – which Wik denies.
>At court on Friday, Wik pleaded guilty to distributing threatening written material intending to stir up religious hatred.
>He has been warned that he faces a jail term of up to three years for the offence.
>District Judge Hina Rai freed Wik on bail until sentencing at Inner London crown court on a date to be set.
Potential prison time for revealing the truth.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/train-stations-wifi-hack-cyber-attack-islam-terrorism-b1221990.html