--- title: UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the... description: UK authorities sentenced two members of the Scattered Spider hacking group — Owen Flowers (18) and Thalha Jubair (20) — to five years and six months in prison... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/uk-cops-say-arrest-of-two-young-hackers-disrupted-the-operations-of-an-infamous-hacking-group-ny3lnrjab twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the operations of an infamous hacking group | daily.dev og:description: UK authorities sentenced two members of the Scattered Spider hacking group — Owen Flowers (18) and Thalha Jubair (20) — to five years and six months in prison... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/uk-cops-say-arrest-of-two-young-hackers-disrupted-the-operations-of-an-infamous-hacking-group-ny3lnrjab og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ny3lnRjAB.png og:image:alt: UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the operations of an infamous hacking group og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the operations of an infamous hacking group **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary UK authorities sentenced two members of the Scattered Spider hacking group — Owen Flowers (18) and Thalha Jubair (20) — to five years and six months in prison for the 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL). The attack took TfL's ticketing and real-time train systems offline for weeks, causing roughly £29 million ($47 million) in losses. The National Crime Agency stated the arrests have 'severely disrupted' Scattered Spider, which has been linked to high-profile attacks on MGM, WestJet, and Okta. The case highlights how young, socially-motivated hackers using social engineering tactics pose a significant cybersecurity threat. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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