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https://www.thetimes.com/article/ad38bed3-24de-4c74-bb23-816628a5c6e8?shareToken=6f658f26c871e3a00f237d405f99b4e8

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Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:

https://www.thetimes.com/article/ad38bed3-24de-4c74-bb23-816628a5c6e8?shareToken=6f658f26c871e3a00f237d405f99b4e8

ThererCOs a more detailed report here:

https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/07/16/brit-scattered-spider-duo-handed-tickets-to-prison-over-transport-for-london-attack/5272446



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Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:

Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:

https://www.thetimes.com/article/ad38bed3-24de-4c74-bb23-816628a5c6e8?shareToken=6f658f26c871e3a00f237d405f99b4e8

ThererCOs a more detailed report here:

https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/07/16/brit-scattered-spider-duo-handed-tickets-to-prison-over-transport-for-london-attack/5272446

I hadnrCOt realised how quickly the younger one of the two digital vandals
was arrested:

The pair gained access to TfL's network on August 31, 2024, and held on to
that access until September 3. During this time, they worked to elevate
their privileges and gain access to key internal systems, including
databases containing information on what was originally thought to be only around 5,000 people.
It wasn't until earlier this year that it became known that Scattered
Spider actually gained access to around 7 million users' data.

rCa

Flowers, for example, was known to UK law enforcement prior to the TfL
attack, and investigating officers suspected his involvement from the
outset, although he could not be named until September last year due to his age.

The teenager was initially arrested on suspicion of his involvement in the
TfL attack on September 6, 2024, at his three-bedroom home in Walsall,
where he lived with his maternal grandmother and uncle.

Officials say Flowers spent most of his time at home in his bedroom playing computer games and using chat forums, and was primarily motivated by
gaining notoriety among cybercrime circles.

He was charged and later released on bail conditions, which he breached
twice in October 2024 and again in May 2025 after being handed a warning
two months earlier.

Before TfL, Flowers had committed lower-level computer offenses. He was
visited by police in October 2023 and handed a cease-and-desist order,
which officers hoped would deter the then-16-year-old from reoffending.

rCorCorCo

ItrCOs also interesting just how young these seasoned criminals are rCo the older of the two is still only 20, but this is his record:

Acting through his Scattered Spider role, between May 2022 and September
2025, Jubair is accused of compromising 120 networks belonging to 47 US entities, including critical national infrastructure and the federal court system, which resulted in more than $115 million in ransom payments being transmitted.

In the UK, Jubair has 22 previous convictions in total, including 13 for
fraud and one for blackmail. He was also previously sentenced for stalking
and harassing two young women online.

His offending began when he was 14 years old, and officials said he had an interest in computers from an early age.
Jubair, who was first arrested in February 2021, learned to code by age 13.


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Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:

Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:

Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:

https://www.thetimes.com/article/ad38bed3-24de-4c74-bb23-816628a5c6e8?shareToken=6f658f26c871e3a00f237d405f99b4e8

ThererCOs a more detailed report here:

https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/07/16/brit-scattered-spider-duo-handed-tickets-to-prison-over-transport-for-london-attack/5272446

I hadnrCOt realised how quickly the younger one of the two digital vandals was arrested:

The pair gained access to TfL's network on August 31, 2024, and held on to that access until September 3. During this time, they worked to elevate
their privileges and gain access to key internal systems, including
databases containing information on what was originally thought to be only around 5,000 people.
It wasn't until earlier this year that it became known that Scattered
Spider actually gained access to around 7 million users' data.

rCa

Flowers, for example, was known to UK law enforcement prior to the TfL attack, and investigating officers suspected his involvement from the
outset, although he could not be named until September last year due to his age.

The teenager was initially arrested on suspicion of his involvement in the TfL attack on September 6, 2024, at his three-bedroom home in Walsall,
where he lived with his maternal grandmother and uncle.

Officials say Flowers spent most of his time at home in his bedroom playing computer games and using chat forums, and was primarily motivated by
gaining notoriety among cybercrime circles.

He was charged and later released on bail conditions, which he breached
twice in October 2024 and again in May 2025 after being handed a warning
two months earlier.

Before TfL, Flowers had committed lower-level computer offenses. He was visited by police in October 2023 and handed a cease-and-desist order,
which officers hoped would deter the then-16-year-old from reoffending.

rCorCorCo

ItrCOs also interesting just how young these seasoned criminals are rCo the older of the two is still only 20, but this is his record:

Acting through his Scattered Spider role, between May 2022 and September 2025, Jubair is accused of compromising 120 networks belonging to 47 US entities, including critical national infrastructure and the federal court system, which resulted in more than $115 million in ransom payments being transmitted.

In the UK, Jubair has 22 previous convictions in total, including 13 for fraud and one for blackmail. He was also previously sentenced for stalking and harassing two young women online.

His offending began when he was 14 years old, and officials said he had an interest in computers from an early age.
Jubair, who was first arrested in February 2021, learned to code by age 13.

Wonder if as they get older they may get the chance to be rehabilitated and taken under the radar to work for our security services , skills like they
show are probably useful.
The risk is they end up working for another countries security services or continue to associate with organised international crime . With some
states the two may be the same.


GH
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Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk> wrote:

Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:

Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:

Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:

https://www.thetimes.com/article/ad38bed3-24de-4c74-bb23-816628a5c6e8?shareToken=6f658f26c871e3a00f237d405f99b4e8

ThererCOs a more detailed report here:

https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/07/16/brit-scattered-spider-duo-handed-tickets-to-prison-over-transport-for-london-attack/5272446

I hadnrCOt realised how quickly the younger one of the two digital vandals >> was arrested:

The pair gained access to TfL's network on August 31, 2024, and held on to >> that access until September 3. During this time, they worked to elevate
their privileges and gain access to key internal systems, including
databases containing information on what was originally thought to be only >> around 5,000 people.
It wasn't until earlier this year that it became known that Scattered
Spider actually gained access to around 7 million users' data.

rCa

Flowers, for example, was known to UK law enforcement prior to the TfL
attack, and investigating officers suspected his involvement from the
outset, although he could not be named until September last year due to his >> age.

The teenager was initially arrested on suspicion of his involvement in the >> TfL attack on September 6, 2024, at his three-bedroom home in Walsall,
where he lived with his maternal grandmother and uncle.

Officials say Flowers spent most of his time at home in his bedroom playing >> computer games and using chat forums, and was primarily motivated by
gaining notoriety among cybercrime circles.

He was charged and later released on bail conditions, which he breached
twice in October 2024 and again in May 2025 after being handed a warning
two months earlier.

Before TfL, Flowers had committed lower-level computer offenses. He was
visited by police in October 2023 and handed a cease-and-desist order,
which officers hoped would deter the then-16-year-old from reoffending.

rCorCorCo

ItrCOs also interesting just how young these seasoned criminals are rCo the >> older of the two is still only 20, but this is his record:

Acting through his Scattered Spider role, between May 2022 and September
2025, Jubair is accused of compromising 120 networks belonging to 47 US
entities, including critical national infrastructure and the federal court >> system, which resulted in more than $115 million in ransom payments being
transmitted.

In the UK, Jubair has 22 previous convictions in total, including 13 for
fraud and one for blackmail. He was also previously sentenced for stalking >> and harassing two young women online.

His offending began when he was 14 years old, and officials said he had an >> interest in computers from an early age.
Jubair, who was first arrested in February 2021, learned to code by age 13. >>

Wonder if as they get older they may get the chance to be rehabilitated and taken under the radar to work for our security services , skills like they show are probably useful.
The risk is they end up working for another countries security services or continue to associate with organised international crime . With some
states the two may be the same.

I think the security services do try to recruit people like this.
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