Two Men Admit to Hacking London Transport
兩名男子承認入侵倫敦交通系統
Introduction
Two men from Britain said they are guilty. They attacked the computers of Transport for London (TfL) in 2024.
兩名來自英國的男子承認有罪。他們在 2024 年攻擊了倫敦交通局 (TfL) 的電腦系統。
Main Body
Thalha Jubair is 20 and Owen Flowers is 18. They worked with a group called Scattered Spider. They broke into the TfL computer systems.
Thalha Jubair 20 歲，Owen Flowers 18 歲。他們與一個名為 Scattered Spider 的組織合作，入侵了 TfL 的電腦系統。
The attack started on August 31, 2024. People could not see train times. They could not pay for tickets or make new accounts. TfL lost 39 million pounds. The hackers stole data from 10 million people.
這次攻擊始於 2024 年 8 月 31 日。當時民眾無法查看列車時間表，也無法支付票款或開設新帳號。TfL 損失了 3,900 萬英鎊，駭客則竊取了 1,000 萬人的資料。
The men also attacked computers in the USA. Owen Flowers tried to hack two health companies. Thalha Jubair attacked 47 American companies. These companies paid more than 100 million dollars to the hackers.
這兩名男子還攻擊了美國的電腦。Owen Flowers 試圖入侵兩家醫療公司，而 Thalha Jubair 則攻擊了 47 家美國公司。這些公司共向駭客支付了超過 1 億美元。
Conclusion
The men are in prison now. The judge will give them their punishment on July 15.
這兩名男子目前在獄中。法官將於 7 月 15 日對他們進行判決。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ The 'Past Action' Secret
Look at how the story describes things that already happened. To talk about the past in English, we often just add -ed to the end of the word.
Examples from the text:
- Attack Attacked
- Work Worked
- Start Started
💡 The 'Rule Breakers'
Some words are 'rebels.' They don't use -ed. You must memorize these unique changes:
- Say Said
- Break Broke
- Lose Lost
- Steal Stole
🛠️ Quick Comparison
| Now (Present) | Then (Past) |
|---|---|
| They work | They worked |
| They break | They broke |
| They steal | They stole |