Hackers who attacked London's transport infrastructure were sentenced to 5.5 years.

A British court has sentenced two hackers to 5.5 years in prison for attacking London's transport infrastructure, which caused almost $40 million in damage, in 2024. This was reported by the Reuters news agency on July 16.

"The two British hackers behind the cyberattack <... and London public Transport, which cost £29 million ($39.16 million) to eliminate, was sentenced on Thursday to 5.5 years in prison," the text says.

It is clarified that the defendants, 20—year-old Talha Jubair and 19-year—old Owen Flowers, hacked the resources of the capital's public transport operator Transport for London (TfL) back in 2024. Then the attack was repelled only a few days later, when the company completely shut down its computer systems.

It took six months to eliminate the consequences of the hacking, in addition to large sums, the agency added. A pair of hackers pleaded guilty to hacking the TfL transport company only in June, although the Scattered Spider group was suspected of attacking all the time.

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