The teens who hacked London's transport network

BBC London Video 3 months ago

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How did two teenagers, working from their bedrooms, manage to hack one of the world's largest transport networks?

In 2024, Transport for London was hit by a devastating cyber attack that exposed the data of millions of people, caused months of disruption, and cost millions of pounds to fix.

The hackers were Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers, members of the cyber crime group Scattered Spider.

This is the inside story of how they breached one of the world's biggest transport networks.

00:38: What happened?
2:34: Customer data is leaked
3:45: The hackers are sent to prison
4:41: Who were the hackers?
6:40: How were they caught?
8:36: What is Scattered Spider?
9:42: Why were they hacking?

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