Teen hackers jailed after live streaming cyber attack on TfL
The pair gained deep access to TfL systems and could have shut down services completely, prosecutors said, after causing about £29 million in losses.
- On Wednesday, hackers Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 18, appeared at Woolwich Crown Court to face sentencing for a cyberattack on Transport for London that caused a £39 million loss.
- Members of the group Scattered Spider, the pair gained "highest privileged access" to TfL systems, which prosecutors described as "the keys to the kingdom," forcing the network to shut down critical infrastructure.
- Prosecutors reported £29 million in operational damages and £10 million in lost income, while the breach forced all 28,000 TfL employees to attend offices to manually reset passwords.
- Flowers also admitted targeting US healthcare firms SSM Health Care Corporation and Sutter Health, though his defense counsel described the 18-year-old as an "immature child trying to show off online."
- Presiding over the two-day sentencing hearing, Mr Justice Turner will determine punishment as authorities emphasize the "catastrophic damage" the pair could have inflicted on essential national infrastructure.
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Scattered Spider Teen Hackers Who Threatened to 'Nuke' TfL Access Jailed, Face 95 Years in US
Eighteen-year-old Owen Flowers and 19-year-old Thalha Jubair, hackers linked to the Scattered Spider cybercrime group, were sentenced to five and a half years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to breaching Transport for London's (TfL) systems. The pair carried out the attack between 31 August and 3 September 2024, gaining the highest level of access within TfL's systems, leaving more than 140 systems inoperable and forcing the transpor…
UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the operations of an infamous hacking group
Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair, two members of the prolific Scattered Spider hacking group, pleaded guilty and were sentenced to five years and six months in jail for hacking London’s metropolitan transit system.
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