Two teens convicted for TfL cyber-attack; one also hacked US healthcare systems
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Joe Tidy
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Two teenagers, Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair, were convicted for a cyber-attack on Transport for London (TfL) that began in August 2024 and caused significant financial costs. Flowers had been known to police years before the attack. During the investigation, the NCA discovered that Flowers had also infiltrated computer systems belonging to two US healthcare organizations (SSM Health and Sutter Health), to which he later pleaded guilty. Authorities seized multiple devices and discovered cryptocurrency holdings worth millions of pounds.
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· 3 pulledFlowers was eventually arrested in September 2024 in connection with the TfL attack, which had started on 31 August.
They reportedly discovered cryptocurrency holdings worth millions of pounds.
NCA officers uncovered evidence that computer systems belonging to two US healthcare organisations, SSM Health and Sutter Health, had also been infiltrated and damaged.
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