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‘Keys to the kingdom’: hackers who gained access to heart of London transport network jailed 16 July 2026 at 13:01

‘Keys to the kingdom’: hackers who gained access to heart of London transport network jailed

16 July 2026 at 13:01

Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 19, sentenced to five and a half years each for cyber-attack that cost Transport for London £39m

The data of millions of commuters was stolen, Londoners were left out of pocket and 27,000 Transport for London staff were forced to reset their passwords.

Over four days in 2024 a pair of teenage hackers had London’s transport network at their mercy. Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers had burrowed into the heart of Transport for London’s IT systems and held the “keys to the kingdom”.

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Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software 16 July 2026 at 05:30

Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software

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By: Sam Jones · José Bautista and Hicham Mansouri

16 July 2026 at 05:30

Whistleblower suggests internal security services deployed spyware from 2017 against key domestic and foreign targets

A former member of Morocco’s domestic intelligence service has helped to provide an unprecedented insight into how the north African state used hacking software – including Pegasus spyware – to target journalists, human rights defenders, French politicians and Spanish cabinet ministers and police officers.

Pegasus, which is manufactured by the Israel-based NSO Group, allows its operator to access everything on a target’s mobile phone, including emails, text messages and photographs. It can also activate the phone’s recorder and camera, turning it into a listening device.