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Two young members of a criminal hacking group have admitted carrying out a cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL) that cost the organisation tens of millions of pounds, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.

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00:02The attack on TfL meant data from the Oyster refund system was accessed, refunds for some
00:09customers were delayed and applications for Oyster photo cards for children and young
00:15people were closed down.
00:17According to the National Crime Agency, the defendants were members of Scattered Spider,
00:23which has been linked to other recent high-profile cyber attacks on Jaguar Land Rover and
00:29retailers, including Marks and Spencer.
00:32They had denied conspiring together to commit unauthorised acts in relation to the attack,
00:39but changed their pleas to guilty at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday, before their trial was
00:44due to begin.
00:46Eighteen-year-old Owen Flowers of Walsall in the West Midlands, who was first arrested over
00:52the TfL attack in September of 2024 and then arrested again in September last year, also
00:59admitted targeting U.S. healthcare firms.
01:02Officers also found videos recorded by Flowers that showed Jubeir accessing TfL systems during
01:09the attack.
01:10Twenty-year-old Jubeir from Tower Hamlet faced an additional charge under the Regulation
01:17of Investigatory Powers Act of failing to disclose the PIN or passwords of his devices, which he
01:25denied.
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