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National Crime Agency
Two young men have admitted mounting a cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL), which cost tens of millions of pounds in losses and inconvenienced thousands of customers. The National Crime Agency and City of London Police investigated Thalha Jubair, 20, from East London, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, West Midlands, after TfL’s network was infiltrated between 31 August and 3 September 2024. Jubair and Flowers, who were arrested at their home addresses on 16 September last year by the NCA and COLP, were both members of the online criminal collective known as Scattered Spider. The pair compromised TfL’s network, forcing all 28,000 employees to attend a TfL office for a password reset. The organisation suffered a reported £29 million in loss and recovery costs.
Europol
Australia Federal Police
Six NSW men have been charged following an AFP investigation into the alleged importation of 120kg of cocaine concealed inside vehicle transmissions shipped from the United States, which led to the discovery of a commercial-scale clandestine drug laboratory in regional NSW. An investigation began in December 2025, after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers intercepted a consignment containing four vehicle transmissions shipped from California in the United States. During examination, ABF officers partially dismantled the heavy machinery components and allegedly located 120kg of cocaine hidden inside the transmissions, equating to 600,000 individual street deals* with an estimated street value of $39 million.
