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Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers Scattered Spider arrests and charges

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Scattered Spider members Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom over the August 2024 cyberattack that crippled Transport for London. The case remains part of a broader law-enforcement action tied to the group’s U.K. arrests, U.S. complaints, and related cybercrime allegations.

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Timeline

  1. 19.09.2025 10:05 4 articles · 9mo ago

    Jubair devices seized and RIPA charge filed

    Legal Policy Action Update

    Law enforcement seized devices from Thalha Jubair on March 19, 2025, and he was charged under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000 for failing to surrender PINs and passwords for the seized devices.

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  2. 19.09.2025 10:05 3 articles · 9mo ago

    U.K. arrests and U.S. complaint expand the Scattered Spider case

    Initial Disclosure

    On September 19, 2025, the National Crime Agency said it arrested Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers at their home addresses in the U.K. in connection with the August 2024 Transport for London cyber attack, while the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed a complaint accusing Jubair of computer fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering tied to at least 120 computer network intrusions, 47 U.S. entities, and at least $115,000,000 in ransom payments. The filing also says Flowers was linked to U.S. healthcare targets and charged in connection with SSM Health Care Corporation and Sutter Health.

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