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Teenage hackers sentenced to 5.5 years for Transport for London cyber-attack costing £39m
Two teenagers, Thalha Jubair (20) and Owen Flowers (19), have been jailed for five and a half years following a 2024 cyber-attack on Transport for London that compromised critical IT systems. The breach, which granted th
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‘Keys to the kingdom’: hackers who gained access to heart of London transport network jailed
Two hackers, Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 19, have each been jailed for five and a half years after a 2024 cyber-attack that gave them extensive access to Transport for London’s IT systems, costing TfL an estimated £39m. The pair, described in court as having obtained “the keys to the kingdom”, exploited a domain…
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Teenage hackers jailed over TfL cyber-attack livestream
Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, and Thalha Jubair, 20, from east London, have each been sentenced to five years and six months in prison for a 2024 cyber-attack on Transport for London that they carried out as teenagers while livestreaming the 16-hour hack. Woolwich Crown Court heard the pair, both described as computer-obsessed loners with…
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Apple AirDrop, Android Quick Share flaws put phones at risk
Six new vulnerabilities in AirDrop and Quick Share could let nearby hackers exploit your phone in airports, coffee shops and crowded venues.
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Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software
Whistleblower suggests internal security services deployed spyware from 2017 against key domestic and foreign targets A former member of Morocco’s domestic intelligence service has helped to provide an unprecedented insight into how the north African state used hacking software – including Pegasus spyware – to target journalists, human rights defenders, French politicians and Spanish cabinet…
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Paramount Shareholder Sues Ellisons, Board For Alleged Side Deal, Promises To Donald Trump
A Paramount Skydance shareholder has filed a derivative lawsuit against officers and directors of the company alleging breach of fiduciary duty in its pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery, the latest in a string of legal actions seeking to derail the merger. Paramount shareholder Paul Robbins filed the suit against CEO David Ellison, his father Larry…
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xAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’
The Elon Musk-owned xAI is suing a South Carolina man who allegedly used the company’s Grok AI chatbot to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In a lawsuit reported earlier by Reuters, xAI claims Terry Wayne Harwood “knowingly and intentionally used Grok to circumvent safeguards, alter nonconsensual images, and generate and distribute CSAM,” breaching the…
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Modder Highlights Major Exploits With New Port, Activision Is Investigating
Activision is investigating issues revolving around mods and hackers in Call of Duty: Black Ops on PS4 and PS5.
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Britain’s biggest hack: Extraordinary story behind £29m TfL cyber attack carried out by crypto-millionaire teens from their bedrooms, who were eventually snared by a takeaway order…But are still hacking from jail
The article reports that the 2024 cyber attack on Transport for London, described as Britain’s biggest hack, was allegedly carried out by two teenage hackers linked to the Scattered Spider group, operating from their bedrooms. The breach exposed personal data, disrupted services and is said to have cost TfL about £29 million, underlining the growing…