A pair of young hackers who conducted an “extremely serious hack” on Transport for London (TfL) over a livestream have been jailed.
Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 18, carried out a “multi-day intrusion” between 31 August and 3 September 2024, costing TfL £29m in damages from disruption to services and operational work.
The attack stole the data of millions of people and required all 27,000 TfL staff members to attend an in-office meeting to reset their passwords.
Video of Flowers’ arrest in September 2024 shows the teenager laughing as he is taken into custody.
Both men admitted conspiracy to commit unauthorised acts in relation to a computer, causing or creating risk of serious damage. On Thursday (16 July), they were both jailed for five years and six months.
