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Young Hackers Sentenced for Major Transport Attack
16 Jul
Summary
- Two British hackers received 11 years for a £29 million cyberattack.
- The attack targeted London's public transport body in late 2024.
- One hacker also targeted US health systems shortly after TfL.
Two British hackers received a combined sentence of 11 years for a significant cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL) that occurred in August and September 2024. The costly breach necessitated repairs amounting to £29 million. Thalha Jubair, aged 20, and Owen Flowers, aged 18, pleaded guilty to the charges. Flowers's illicit activities extended to targeting two not-for-profit health systems in the United States shortly after the TfL incident. He was apprehended while in the process of executing these additional cyberattacks. Judge Mark Turner imposed sentences of five-and-a-half years on each hacker, acknowledging their actions were primarily driven by "selfish bravado, heedless of the severe consequences for others."
