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Title: CIS information "hacked" - resullt of xmas party? Post by: Godfrey Tables on December 18, 2016, 02:06:52 Earlier on tonight (Saturday) we was getting the last train back from Andover to London Waterloo, and whilst changing at Basingstoke noticed the station names on the Customer Information Systems had been altered.
We was expecting the connecting train to call at Wokingham, Clapham Junction and London Waterloo, but the CIS said it was calling at "Wo-3-kings", "Clapham Jinglebells" and "London Winterloo" Other station names that had been changed were Winterchester, Salisberries, Eastsleigh and Snowhampton Central. These were all we were able to spot whilst hurrying to get a connecting train. I managed to take a very quick (and poor quality due to light reflection) photo before boarding... By the time we got to Wo-3-kings the system had been taken offline. Earlier, trains in the opposite direction to Salisberries were also spotted at Whitchurch and Overton. Title: Re: CIS information "hacked" - resullt of xmas party? Post by: Timmer on December 18, 2016, 07:56:22 I think this has happened on SWT before at Christmas. A case of permissive jollies at Christmas?
Title: Re: CIS information "hacked" - resullt of xmas party? Post by: Surrey 455 on December 18, 2016, 09:59:47 Not a hack. SWT invited
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38312718 Title: Re: CIS information "hacked" - resullt of xmas party? Post by: Surrey 455 on December 18, 2016, 10:29:33 The Daily Mail goes into more detail. (here) (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4044502/This-train-terminates-London-WINTERLOO-Rail-company-injects-festive-cheer-routes-making-station-names-Christmassy.html)
Edit to fix link - grahame Title: Re: CIS information "hacked" - resullt of xmas party? Post by: Godfrey Tables on December 18, 2016, 14:12:47 Ha-ha! excellent! ;D
I was totally unaware of the news, and it was my girlfriend that spotted the altered signs. She thought it was absolutely brilliant as that sort of thing would never happen in her home country (Switzerland). That's one of the reasons she moved to the UK - the British humour... Title: Re: CIS information "hacked" - resullt of xmas party? Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 18, 2016, 19:21:59 Good for her ... while accepting that the trains in the UK do not run like clockwork - unlike the Swiss ones - perhaps? ;) :D ;D
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