Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleCourt artist drawing of Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair (PA)Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 18, are facing jail for a cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL) that resulted in a £39 million loss in 2024.The hack forced all 28,000 TfL employees to reset their passwords and disrupted Oyster services, including delayed refunds and closed photocard applications. The defendants were members of the criminal hacking group Scattered Spider, which has also been linked to attacks on Jaguar Land Rover and retailers like Marks and Spencer. They initially denied conspiring to commit unauthorised acts but changed their pleas to guilty before their trial was due to begin in June. Flowers also admitted to targeting US healthcare firms, including SSM Health Care Corporation and Sutter Health.In fullYoung cybercriminals facing jail over TfL hack that cost millionsMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Teen hackers to be sentenced for massive TFL cyber attack
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleCourt artist drawing of Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair (PA)Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 18, are facing jail for a cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL) that resulted in a £39 million loss in 2024.The hack forced all 28,000 TfL employees to reset their passwords and disrupted Oyster services, including delayed refunds and closed photocard applications. The defendants were members of the criminal hacking group Scattered Spider, which has also been linked to attacks on Jaguar Land Rover and retailers like Marks and Spencer. They initially denied conspiring to commit unauthorised acts but changed their pleas to guilty before their trial was due to begin in June. Flowers also admitted to targeting US healthcare firms, including SSM Health Care Corporation and Sutter Health.In fullYoung cybercriminals facing jail over TfL hack that cost millionsMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
