Two teenagers hacked London's transit system, stole millions of records, and got 5.5 years

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Owen Flowers was 17 when he called Transport for London’s IT help desk, pretended to be an employee, and asked someone to reset a password. The person on the other end complied. That single phone call gave Flowers and his co-conspirator Talha Jubayer a foothold into one of the world’s largest public transit networks — and they spent the next 16 hours live-streaming their work.

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Two teenagers hacked London's transit system, stole millions of records, and got 5.5 years