The U.S. Department of Justice filed unsealed federal charges against British teenager Thalha Jubair on Thursday, accusing them of at least 120 cyberattacks, including the U.S. court system, and ransomware by dozens of U.S. companies.
Jubair, 19, was arrested Tuesday at his home in east London. statement By the State Crime Agency. He appeared in court with another teenager, Owen Flowers, in London on Thursday morning, at the age of 18. Cyber Attacks Targeting London Transport in 2024government agencies that oversee London’s public transport system, resulting in data breaches and One month of recovery work.
The National Crime Agency said hackers on London’s transport system IT network were attributed to scattered spider hackers teams.
Jubair and Flowers were both detained in court and later appeared Per BBC News.
The spider is English-speaking group Financially motivated cybercriminals, mainly teenagers and young people, are sometimes called “Advanced End Boy” Their proficiency and repeated cyber attacks. These hackers often use relatively simple social engineering techniques to break into a large number of companies’ capabilities, such as IT HESSDESK, which calls a company, pretends to be someone who has forgotten their password and now needs a new one.
These hackers are also known for their collective involvement with other hackers through ambiguous networks “com,” Refers to cybercrime communities that sometimes enter the real world by using physical threats and violence, including combat.
Federal charges for U.S. companies
As a Separate federal fees Jubair also faces computer hacking, ransomware and money laundering fees, linked to dozens of hackers involving company victims paying more than $115 million in ransom payments, U.S. attorneys said in New Jersey.
exist Its criminal complaints, The FBI said in July 2024 that it caught a server they believed was run by Jubair and found evidence that Jubair was allegedly involved in hacking at least 120 companies, including 47 in the U.S.
According to prosecutors, Jubair used social engineering technology to break into the company’s network to steal internal data, encrypt the victim’s servers, and then ransomware the victim to pay the hackers to unlock the files.
One of the victims includes a critical infrastructure company based in New Jersey. The FBI said it found evidence on a server allegedly operated by Jubair, which included data stolen from critical infrastructure companies, as well as browsing history, showing obvious evidence showing logging into the critical infrastructure company’s servers.
Another FBI who was nailed to Jubair was also reportedly involved in access to the U.S. court system.
In January 2025, Jubair and other hackers allegedly contacted the U.S. court help desk to access three user accounts, including one belonging to a federal magistrate judge, to search for information related to the “dispersed spider.”
The hackers also used one of the hacker accounts to submit emergency disclosure requests for customer information to an unnamed financial service provider, a common strategy these hackers use to trick companies into transferring user information to user information in response to what they believe is legitimate legal.
Jubair’s seizure server is “used to conduct searches” searches related to U.S. court hacking and is used to send emergency requests to financial companies, the FBI said.
Bloomberg First report in August Scattered spider hackers break into the U.S. court system to search for information related to hackers, including sealing prosecution Members now ruled Scattered spiders, Noah City.
According to the FBI, Jubair’s servers allegedly contain a cryptocurrency wallet that was seized with about $36 million, most of which can be traced back to companies that paid the ransom. But the FBI said Jubair allegedly transferred about $8.4 million from his wallet while the FBI controlled the server.
It is unclear whether the Justice Department has or will seek extradition from Jubair, and a spokesperson for the Justice Department did not immediately comment.
