Two youngsters accused of being concerned in hacking Transport for London’s computer systems have each pleaded not responsible to laptop hacking costs throughout a listening to at Southwark Crown Court docket.
Thalha Jubair 19, from East London, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall within the West Midlands spoke solely to substantiate their names and enter pleas on the temporary listening to.
They’re each charged with conspiring to commit unauthorised acts towards Transport for London (TfL) beneath the Pc Misuse Act.
As well as, Mr Flowers is accused of making an attempt to hack laptop methods belonging to California-based Sutter Well being and one other US firm, SSM Healthcare Company.
Mr Jubair has additionally been charged with failing to supply passwords for his gadgets.
TfL mentioned the hack prompted £39m of harm and disrupted TfL companies for 3 months within the autumn of 2024.
Whereas transport itself was unaffected, many TfL on-line companies and knowledge boards went offline as a part of the assault.
TfL was pressured to write down to hundreds of shoppers to say there might have been unauthorised entry to their private info comparable to checking account numbers and type codes.
Knowledge together with names, emails and residential addresses have been accessed.
Decide Christopher Hehir set a trial date for 8 June subsequent yr, a listening to which is predicted to final between 4 and 6 weeks.
Each males proceed to be held on remand.
