Owen Flowers (18) and Thalha Jubair (20) received 5.5-year prison sentences for a 2024 cyber-attack on Transport For London (TfL). The hack, carried out as part of the Scattered Spider collective, disrupted services, stole millions of customer data, and cost TfL £39m.
Owen Flowers (18) and Thalha Jubair (20) pleaded guilty to the 2024 cyber-attack on Transport for London (TfL), which disrupted services and affected millions of people's data. Both had extensive cyber-offending histories, raising questions about intervention effectiveness and the need for stronger legal powers.
Two British members of the Scattered Spider hacking group, Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers, pleaded guilty to a cyber-attack on Transport for London that cost £39m and affected 10 million people. The attack disrupted services and led to customer data theft.
