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UK court sentences hackers over Transport for London data breach

The attack exposed data for about 7 million TfL customers and left the operator’s services offline for three months.

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A UK court jailed two young men over a 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London, a major incident that exposed personal data tied to millions of customers, according to Agence France-Presse citing the sentencing.

Thalha Jubair, 20, and an 18-year-old identified as Owen Flowers were each given five-and-a-half-year sentences at London’s Woolwich Crown Court, after pleading guilty last month to hacking TfL’s network between August 31 and September 3, 2024.

The court said the breach gave the attackers access to the names and contact details of around 7 million customers. While the judge said the attack did not affect transport services on TfL’s network, it knocked TfL services offline for three months and was described as being driven mainly by “selfish bravado.”

The disruption and remediation costs were also central at sentencing. According to the judge, the impact cost TfL around £25 million, while TfL estimated damages at £29 million plus £10 million in lost income, including resetting passwords for about 27,000 employees.

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