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Two teenagers charged over cyber hack on Transport for London

Two teenagers charged in connection with Transport for London hack that disrupted operations and exposed customer information.

TechRadar · Sep 20, 2025

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

Thalha Jubair, 19, accused of at least 120 ‘computer network intrusions’ and extortion involving 47 US firms or organisations

Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2025

Two teenagers appear in court charged over TfL cyber attack last year

Thalha Jubair, 19, from east London, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, were both arrested on Tuesday

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2025

Rotherham abuse survivors welcome police climbdown over internal inquiry

South Yorkshire police will no longer lead investigation into alleged crimes of former officers after move caused outcry

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2025

NCA taking over inquiry into allegations police took part in Rotherham abuse

It comes after five women alleged they were exploited by grooming gangs in the town when they were children and also sexually abused by officers

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2025

What we’ve learned in ten years about county lines drug dealing

A decade ago, the National Crime Agency identified a new drug supply method. Before then, drug supply was predominantly between user-dealers – people supplying their social circles to fund their drug use, rather than for commercial gain.

The Conversation · Aug 4, 2025

Yvette Cooper pours extra £100m into efforts to smash people-smuggling gangs

The funding will pay for up to 300 more National Crime Agency officers and new technology and equipment to step up intelligence-gathering on smuggling gangs

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2025

Chinese national accused of money laundering forfeits £16.7m and seven London flats

Shijie Song denied engaging in any wrongdoing, the National Crime Agency said

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025

Is London on the brink of a deadly opioid crisis? The killer synthetic drugs flooding the capital’s clubs

Up to 500 times stronger than heroin, killer synthetic opioids called nitazenes are flooding the capital’s clubs — masquerading as other recreational drugs. Claire Cohen reports

Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2025

Crypto donations could entirely corrupt British politics. Labour must act quickly

We need to know who is funding our parties, but this new frontier is custom-built for hostile actors. The elections bill is a good start – but only that, says Labour MP Liam Byrne

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2025