Antiterrorism Cyber Attack on British railway wifis reveals terror attacks across Europe

 

I used the term antiterrorism rather than Islamophobic for one reason. Islamophobic implies an unrealistic fear of anything Islam. It is not a fear of Islam that drive the far-right, but a fear of terrorism since 99% of all terrorists are Islamic.

Fear of Islamic terrorism is surely justified for anyone who knows anything about Islamic history or current Islamic ideology. The unwillingness of the government or the media to address those fears is what drives the far-right to take action. But they are too blind to see the truth.

UK: Man arrested for ‘Islamophobic cyberattack’

on wifi at major railway stations

Sep 28, 2024 9:00 am By Robert Spencer

You can see how compromised, cowardly and pusillanimous the British media is from the fact that the Manchester Evening News blurred out the message so that our delicate eyes would not be blinded by the sight of “Islamophobia.” Even worse, the blurred-out portion seems to be “information that referred to terror attacks.” You see, even the smallest hint that Islam has anything to do with terrorism will now bring the full weight of British government and law enforcement down upon you. Islamic jihadists can cheerfully avow that they’re doing it all for Islam, but anyone else who dares to notice does so at the risk of his freedom and livelihood.

Man arrested after ‘Islamophobic cyberattack’ on wifi at major railway stations

by Alex Ross and Barney Davis, Independent, September 26, 2024:

A man has been arrested after passengers saw an Islamophobic message flash up when they tried to use the free wifi at some of the biggest railway stations in the country.

British Transport Police said the suspect is an employee of Global Reach Technology, which provides 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. No personal data is known to have been affected, the police added.

Manchester Piccadilly, Birmingham New Street, Edinburgh Waverley, Glasgow Central and 10 stations in London were all affected by the suspected cyberattack on Wednesday evening.

Passengers logging on to the wifi at the stations reported seeing a webpage that was titled “We love you, Europe”. Underneath it was information that referred to terror attacks.

The wifi system was quickly taken offline and police were called in to investigate.

A spokesperson for British Transport Police said: “We received reports at around 5.03pm yesterday of a cyberattack displaying Islamophobic messaging on some Network Rail wifi services.”

Officers said they were working with Network Rail to investigate the Islamophobic cybersecurity incident “at pace”….

Euronews reports that a 17 year old was arrested and then released.

 

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Manchester Piccadilly and other UK stations targeted with terrorism message in Wi-Fi

‘cyber security incident'

by James Holt, Manchester Evening News, September 25, 2024:

The Wi-Fi at Manchester Piccadilly was hacked in a ‘cyber security incident’ on Wednesday night (September 25). An investigation has been launched after the Wi-Fi provided at all 20 stations managed by Network Rail were targeted.

Users attempting to log on to the service were met with a webpage, which has been seen by the Manchester Evening News. Headlined ‘We love you, Europe,’ the page contains information about terror incidents in the UK and abroad and appears to have an anti-Islamic message.

The cyber incident hit Manchester Piccadilly station, among others across the UK, with 11 targeted in London, including Euston and Victoria.

Other stations hit by the hack are Birmingham New Street, Glasgow Central, Leeds City, Liverpool Lime Street, Bristol Temple Meads, Edinburgh Waverley, Reading, Guildford.

The Manchester Evening News has been told British Transport Police are also investigating the issue. Network Rail confirmed the Wi-Fi services were suspended as enquiries take place….

Sleep With Your Cell-Phone Beside Your Bed? - You Won't After This!

9th Grade Students Gain the Attention of Scientists After Their Experiment Reveals a Dark Truth About WiFi

We have long encouraged students to find ways to connect with their school work, making it interesting and personal, holding their attention longer and allowing them to see more success.

This was the case at a school in northern Jutland, where a group of 9th-grade students recently embarked on a biology experiment inspired by their own personal experiences with concentrating. Lea Nielsen, one of the students, explained: “We all think we have experienced difficulty concentrating in school, if we had slept with the phone next to our head, and sometimes also experienced having difficulty sleeping.”

From left: Lea Nielsen, Mathilde Nielsen, Signe Nielsen, Sisse Coltau and Rikke Holm.

Photo: Kim Horsevad

Curious about the shared experience, the group of girls designed an experiment to investigate the impact of wi-fi radiation on living cells. Specifically, they chose to use cress seeds. Taking 400 seeds, they separated them out across 12 different trays. Six of the trays were placed in each of 2 rooms. Both rooms were kept at the same temperature, and both sets of trays were given the same amount of water and access to sunlight throughout the experiment.

The one difference between the two rooms, creating the basis for their experiment, is that the trays in one room were placed next to two Wi-Fi routers. The Wi-Fi routers broadcast the same type of radiation that can be observed coming from our cellphones, allowing the students to recreate the impact of sleeping with your phone on your bedside table, next to your head.

The results? After 12 days it was shocking to see the difference between the two sets of trays. While the cress seeds in the first room were growing well, appearing healthy and flourishing in their environment, (see right) the same could not be said in the second room. The seeds that were placed next to the router showed no real growth at all. Some of the seeds could even be observed showing signs of mutation or dying off entirely (see below).

The experiment was enough to open the students’ eyes about their cellphone use and whether or not it is safe to bring their phones to bed at night. “It is truly frightening that there is so much affect, so we were very shocked by the result,” Nielsen stated. “None of us sleep with the mobile next to the bed anymore. Either the phone is put far away, or it is put in another room. And the computer is always off.”

Not only was the experiment received well by the girls’ school, but since the word got out they have started to receive international attention as biologists and radiation experts acknowledge the importance of their discovery.

One expert that has shown a great deal of interest in the experiment, even going as far as planning his own follow-up experiments, is Olle Johansson, a professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. He will begin his assessment into the girls’ findings by repeating the experiment with his research colleague Professor Marie-Claire Cammaert at the Universite libre de Bruxelles.

Johansson was highly impressed by the girls’ efforts. He praised them, saying: “The girls stayed within the scope of their knowledge, skilfully implemented and developed a very elegant experiment. The wealth of detail and accuracy is exemplary, choosing cress was very intelligent and I could go on.”

What’s next for the girls? Johansson made it clear that he wouldn’t hesitate to work with these talented, intelligent students moving forward: “I sincerely hope that they spend their future professional life in researching because I definitely think they have a natural aptitude for it. Personally, I would love to see these people in my team!”