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July 16, 2026 at 12:31 UTC
Scattered Spider members behind TfL hack get five years in prison
By Sergiu Gatlan
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Owen Flowers (18) and Thalha Jubair (20), members of the Scattered Spider cybercrime collective, were each sentenced to 5.5 years at Woolwich Crown Court for the 2024 hack of Transport for London. The attack rendered 148 TfL systems inoperable, forced all 27,000 employees to reset passwords in-person, and caused losses estimated at £29 million.
Relevance score: 90.0/100
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