‘Keys to the kingdom’: hackers who gained access to heart of London transport network jailed
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Feed Name: The Guardian – Data & Computer Security
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Between 31 August and 3 September 2024 two teenagers tied to the Scattered Spider collective social‑engineered a TfL helpdesk to reset authentication, escalated to domain‑admin access, stole data for ~7 million people and disrupted ticketing/arrival information and some services; TfL reported ~£39m in losses, substantial operational impact and the attackers were later convicted and sentenced.
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