{"id":15380,"date":"2026-06-26T01:02:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=15380"},"modified":"2026-06-26T01:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:02:38","slug":"teens-who-hacked-tfl-were-known-to-police-years-before-cyber-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=15380","title":{"rendered":"Teens who hacked TfL were known to police years before cyber-attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Flowers and Jubair&#8217;s trial heard they were part of the cyber-crime collective, Scattered Spider.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The loosely organised gang of young English-speaking cyber-criminals has been linked to dozens of other cyber-attacks including on retailers Marks and Spencer and the Co-op.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But the BBC has learned Flowers initially came to the attention of police shortly after he turned 16 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In October 2023 he was caught carrying out low-level cyber-crime and visited by West Midland&#8217;s Regional Cyber Crime Unit prevent officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Police say that during the visit Flowers did not engage with officers and was given a cease and desist order to deter him from further offending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Police had the option to invite him to enrol in the national Cyber Choices programme, which works to steer young people away from cyber-crime. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However Flowers was already being investigated for an offence and was reluctant to engage with officers, so they deemed him not suitable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Just months later, the teenager &#8211; who was living with his grandmother &#8211; went on to commit a series of increasingly serious cyber-offences with Scattered Spider which culminated in the TfL attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">NCA deputy director Paul Foster, head of its National Cyber Crime Unit, said the case highlighted the challenges posed by a small number of highly capable offenders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He called for stronger legal powers &#8211; such as the proposed Cyber Crime Risk Orders (CCROs) &#8211; to deal with cases like this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">CCROs, announced by the UK government as part of planned reforms to the Computer Misuse Act, are designed to let police and courts place restrictions on people considered high risk before they carry out further serious breaches. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They would &#8220;enable earlier law enforcement interventions against high-risk cyber-crime offenders,&#8221; 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