Teen hackers jailed after live streaming cyber attack on TfL
- 4 hours agoJoe TidyCyber correspondent, BBC World ServiceTwo men who carried out a cyber-attack which crippled Transport For London (TfL) when they were teenagers have both been sentenced to five years and six months in prison.
- Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, and Thalha Jubair, 20, from east London, pleaded guilty in June to carrying out the hack in 2024.
- They were described as computer-obsessed loners who carried out the hack as part of the cyber crime collective known as Scattered Spider.
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- 4 hours agoJoe TidyCyber correspondent, BBC World ServiceTwo men who carried out a cyber-attack which crippled Transport For London (TfL) when they were teenagers have both been sentenced to five years and six months in prison.
- Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, and Thalha Jubair, 20, from east London, pleaded guilty in June to carrying out the hack in 2024.
- They were described as computer-obsessed loners who carried out the hack as part of the cyber crime collective known as Scattered Spider.
Sources: BBC News