Teenage TfL hackers sentenced to years in prison following Scattered Spider attacks
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Years-long sentences for teenage hackers in the TfL/Scattered Spider case underscore how public infrastructure breaches are being treated as serious criminal events, not pranks. If you operate in transport or other critical services, assume both regulators and attackers are paying attention—your security posture is now a public safety issue, not just an IT concern.
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