Teen hackers who live streamed cyber-attack on TfL jailed
Two young men have been sentenced to over five years in prison for their role in a major cyber-attack against Transport for London (TfL). The hackers, linked to the Scattered Spider collective, stole personal data and live-streamed their activities.
Why it matters
The case underscores the rising threat posed by young, loosely organized cyber-criminal groups targeting critical public infrastructure.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service Watch: The moments the men are arrested for their role in the cyber-attack Two 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.
The cyber-attack disrupted TfL's online services for months, stole the personal data of millions of people and left all 27,000 TfL employees needing to reset their passwords in person.
Woolwich Crown Court heard the criminals streamed their 16 hour long cyber-attack online.
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