Teen hackers who live streamed cyber-attack on TfL jailed
Summary
BBC reports that two teenage hackers, Owen Flowers (18) and Thalha Jubair (20), pleaded guilty to a 2024 cyber-attack on Transport for London carried out by the Scattered Spider group and were sentenced to five years and six months in prison. The attack disrupted TfL’s online services, exposed millions of customer data, and was streamed online, highlighting the ongoing risk posed by youth cybercrime and the challenges for enforcement.