‘Keys to the kingdom’: hackers who gained access to heart of London transport network jailed
•Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers were sentenced to five and a half years for a cyber-attack on Transport for London.
•The attack, which occurred in September 2024, cost the organization £39 million.
•Transport for London warned that the hackers' actions could have caused severe disruptions to transport services.
المصدر: The Guardian | Source: The GuardianThalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 19, sentenced to five and a half years each for cyber-attack that cost Transport for London £39m
The teenage hackers had London’s transport network at their mercy. Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers had burrowed into the heart of Transport for London’s IT systems and held the “keys to the kingdom”.
TfL said the attack, which occurred between 31 August and 3 September 2024, could have caused “catastrophic damage” to its technology systems and could have led to “significant and extended transport service degradation and disruption”.
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→Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers were sentenced to five and a half years for a cyber-attack on Transport for London.
→The attack, which occurred in September 2024, cost the organization £39 million.
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