Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial
Summary: Thalha Jubair, 20, of East London and Owen Flowers, 18, of Walsall pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom to conspiring to commit unauthorized acts against Transport for London computer systems and causing risk of serious damage to human welfare, entering the pleas on the first day of what was expected to be a six-week trial. A September 2025 New Jersey indictment alleges Jubair and other Scattered Spider members committed computer fraud, wire fraud and money laundering across 120 computer network intrusions involving 47 U.S. entities between May 2022 and September 2025, with victims paying at least $115 million in ransom.
Bottom line: The group's victims paid at least $115 million in ransom across 120 intrusions into 47 U.S. entities, and the two men who pleaded guilty this week are 18 and 20 years old. Flowers and Jubair are slated to be sentenced in a London court on July 15, 2026.
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