London teenager accused of TfL cyber attack also faces hacking and money laundering charges in US

TfL’s Palestra headquarters: cyber attack cost mayor’s transport organisation in excess of £30m - (Ross Lydall)

The London teenager charged in relation to a cyber attack on Transport for London that cost it more than £30m also faces prosecution in the US for a huge number of similar hacking allegations, it can be revealed.

Thalha Jubair, 19, from Tower Hamlets, is accused of conspiring to commit computer fraud, and other offences including money laundering, on a massive scale in cases where targeted firms paid more than US $115m in ransom.