The two teenagers are believed to have been arrested by the August 2024 cyber attack on transport to London, arrested in the United Kingdom.
It is believed that 18 -year -old Owen Phool from Walsal and 19 -year -old Tala Zubair from East London, Valsal, are scheduled to appear in the Westminster Magistrate Court today.
Flowers were first arrested for his alleged involvement in the TFL attack in September 2024, but was released on bail after questioning by UK National Crime Agency officials.
Since then, the NCA investigators have found additional evidence of additional evidence to potentially added flowers to attacks against US healthcare companies.
Both suspects are being prosecuted for investigating the violation of London’s public transport agency for allegations related to computers misuse and fraud. Additionally, flowers are accused of conspiring to attack the SSM Health Care Corporation and Sutter Health Network in the United States.
“This attack caused a part of the important national infrastructure of the UK to cause significant disintegration to TFL and millions of damage,” Said Paul Foster, Deputy Director, Principal of NCA National Cyber Crime Unit, Paul Foster.
“Earlier this year, the NCA warned of an increase in danger from cyber criminals located in UK and other English -speaking countries, the scattered spider is a clear example.”
US justice department too Today Thalha accused of Zubair Between May 2022 and September 2025, with conspiracies for at least 120 network violations worldwide and forced recovery, with conspiracies for computer fraud, money laundering and wire fraud, which affected at least 47 American organizations.
The complaint was filed in the New Jersey district and today, it is alleged that the victims have paid at least $ 115,000 to Zubair and his associates for ransom payment.
Transport for London Cyber Attack
TFL disclosed the cyber attack on August 2, 2024, saying that no evidence was found that any customer data was compromised in violation.
While the attack did not affect London’s transport services, it disrupted internal systems and online services, as well as the ability to process TFL refunds. In the latter updates, TFL revealed that the customer data, including the name, contact details and addresses, was actually compromised during the event.
TFL provides transport services to more than 8.4 million London people through its surface, underground and crossrel transport systems, managed with the UK department for joint transport.
In May 2023, TFL was a victim Another security violation After the clop ransomware gang, stoleing data related to more than 13,000 customers from its suppliers’ Moveit Managed File Transfer (MFT) server.
The NCA arrested four other suspected members of the Spider Cybercrime Collectorate scattered in July, it is believed that it is involved in the cyber attack, which targets major retailers in the country, including Marx and Spencer, Herods and Co-COP.
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