https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/tags/fbi/Recent content in fbi on Birmingham DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSat, 18 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/inside-the-29m-uk-cyber-plot-engineered-by-walsall-teen-who-ended-up-on-fbis-radar/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/inside-the-29m-uk-cyber-plot-engineered-by-walsall-teen-who-ended-up-on-fbis-radar/Owen Flowers, a teenager from Walsall, masterminded a sophisticated cyber attack that has been described as Britain’s biggest ever cybercrime case, causing £29 million in public sector disruption. Operating from the home he shared with his grandmother and uncle, Flowers teamed up with accomplice Thalha Jubair, who coordinated from London to launch a coordinated four-day assault on Transport for London (TfL). Despite only attracting a small online audience of three during the live-streamed hacking—broadcast by Jubair—the operation caused widespread havoc.