Two young men have been sentenced to five years and six months in prison each for the cyber-attack against Transport for London (TfL) after the judge found their actions were motivated in part by “selfish bravado” rather than purely financial gain.
Owen Flowers, 18, and Thalha Jubair, 20, were charged with committing unauthorized acts against TfL under the UK’s Computer Misuse Act (CMA). On 22 June 2026, they pleaded guilty to carrying out the attack in what was only the second criminal prosecu
