British train Web page suffers hack.
Published:
1 January 2000 y., Saturday
It wasn_t the millennium bug but a hacker who today temporarily closed down the much-read Internet timetable page for Britain's railways by inserting a false report that there would be no trains over the holiday.
The hacker_s action forced officials to shut down for several hours the Web page intended to help people plan their New Year_s Eve travel. Officials were able to repair the damage and the page was back up by midday.
"We had a prankster put up on our Web page that there won_t be any trains over the millennium period," said a spokeswoman for the rail network operator Railtrack.
"It might be amusing for the pranksters, but it is a huge inconvenience for travelers," she added. Trains were running special holiday services and were functioning normally, she said.
The page, at "www.railtrack.co.uk," operates as a journey planner in which people can key in their destination and call up relevant timetables.
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