Two silhouetted teenagers in front of a glowing Transport for London roundel and code-covered background, symbolising the TfL cyberattack case.

Two British Teens Deny Carrying Out High-Impact TfL Cyberattack

Two British teenagers have pleaded not guilty to serious Computer Misuse Act charges over a 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London, an intrusion that disrupted digital services, exposed customer data and allegedly cost the authority about £39 million. Their case now sits at the intersection of teen cybercrime, critical-infrastructure risk and the UK’s toughest penalties for hacking.

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Amazon Web Services data-centre engineer standing before server racks after a major outage

AWS Outage Forces Spotlight on Amazon Engineering Talent Loss

The recent outage at AWS’s US-EAST-1 region grounded dozens of major services and exposed a deeper issue: the loss of senior engineering expertise at Amazon. As widespread apps and platforms went offline, one question loomed large: Can the world’s largest cloud infrastructure sustain itself amid massive talent reductions? Below, we analyse the root causes, implications and lessons for infrastructure reliability.

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