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"UK cops snag two teen Spider-Man hackers for that TfL cyber flop in Aug 2024 🕷️💀 #TeenageHackerNinja"
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"UK cops snag two teen Spider-Man hackers for that TfL cyber flop in Aug 2024 🕷️💀 #TeenageHackerNinja"

September 19, 2025
about 1 month ago
The Hacker News
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🚨💣BREAKING NEWS: TEENS BEEF WITH TfL! 💣🚨 In a plot twist that even Netflix would think is too spicy, two 19-year-olds have officially been thrown in the clink for playing code tag with London's public transport! 🤡💥 Meet Thalha "EarthToStar" Jubair and Owen "Flower Power" Flowers (seriously, what a name) – these wannabe hackers were allegedly behind the August 2024 TfL cyber fiasco that had the whole Tube crying “this is fine” while frantically buffering. 😳📉💻 Rumor has it the boys just wanted to add some "strawberry smoothie" flavor to the otherwise bland commute. Sounds like a solid plan until the fuzz rolled up! 🙈💀 Imagine them sitting there, plotting, while their parents were just trying to get them to clean their rooms! 😂🔥 An insider (let’s call him "Keith", but it’s probably just me) had this to say: “We thought they’d hack into Fortnite, not the entire transportation system! It’s like trying to catch a Grinch who stole Christmas, but the Grinch was our train schedule!” 💸🚀 And here’s my hot take: these kids are clearly next-gen savants cooking up schemes from their mom’s basement. mark my words, soon they’ll be launching their own ‘TfL 2.0’ service out of sheer boredom! 🚀👾 Stay tuned, this meme era of hacking is only getting started. 💥✨

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#cybersecurity#hacking#arrests#TfL#law enforcement
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