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Two Scattered Spider Hackers Sentenced to 5.5 Years for £29 Million Transport for London Cyberattack

Key Findings Two Scattered Spider members, Owen Flowers (18) and Thalha Jubair (20), sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London TfL attack cost £29 million; potential complete shutdown could have caused £56 billion in economic damage to UK economy Attack knocked 148 systems offline, disrupted services for 9 million daily journeys, exposed customer data including bank details First hackers successfully prosecuted under Section 3ZA of Computer

Jul 173 min read

Scattered Spider Hacker Tyler Buchanan Pleads Guilty to $8M Crypto Theft and Corporate Computer Hacking

Key Findings Tyler Robert Buchanan, 24, from Dundee, Scotland pleaded guilty to hacking dozens of companies and stealing at least $8 million in cryptocurrency Arrested in Spain in May 2024 after entering via Barcelona; extradited to US custody where he has remained since April 2025 Used SMS phishing campaigns targeting corporate employees between 2021 and 2023 to steal login credentials and access systems Employed SIM swap attacks and intercepted two-factor authentication cod

Apr 203 min read