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Confidential data of two well-known politicians turned out to be on the network.
The hacker group Handala Hack dealt a blow to former high-ranking Israeli officials by making their confidential data publicly available. The victims of the attack were former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces Gabriel Ashkenazi and former Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
On September 26, hackers published two password-protected archives purportedly containing 60,000 secret emails from Ashkenazi. "This data is just the tip of the iceberg", the hackers said on their darknet website. To confirm the authenticity of the information, Handala Hack posted several personal photos of the politician.
The attack on Gabriel was the second in three days. On September 23, the same group released 35,000 confidential emails allegedly belonging to Benny Gantz. The next day, the hackers added an archive of 2,000 photos of Gantz, saying they had found evidence of his involvement in a number of "secret meetings that had devastating consequences" in their office.
The hackers accompanied the leaked data with a threatening message: "Do you think the current officials and ministries of the so-called Zionist regime are safe? Wrong! Let them be afraid even of their own shadow!" This statement demonstrates a clear political motivation for the attack and the intention to intimidate current Israeli officials.
Handala Hack is a pro-Palestinian group specializing in cyberattacks against Israeli interests and infrastructure. It uses sophisticated attack techniques, including phishing, ransomware, and website hacking.
One of the most high-profile incidents involving the group occurred in March 2024. Then the group announced the hacking of the Viber messenger and the theft of more than 740 GB of confidential data, including the source code of the application. For the stolen data, the hackers demanded a ransom of $583,000 in bitcoins. However, Viber denies the hack, stating that it did not find any traces of penetration into its systems.
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The hacker group Handala Hack dealt a blow to former high-ranking Israeli officials by making their confidential data publicly available. The victims of the attack were former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces Gabriel Ashkenazi and former Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
On September 26, hackers published two password-protected archives purportedly containing 60,000 secret emails from Ashkenazi. "This data is just the tip of the iceberg", the hackers said on their darknet website. To confirm the authenticity of the information, Handala Hack posted several personal photos of the politician.
The attack on Gabriel was the second in three days. On September 23, the same group released 35,000 confidential emails allegedly belonging to Benny Gantz. The next day, the hackers added an archive of 2,000 photos of Gantz, saying they had found evidence of his involvement in a number of "secret meetings that had devastating consequences" in their office.
The hackers accompanied the leaked data with a threatening message: "Do you think the current officials and ministries of the so-called Zionist regime are safe? Wrong! Let them be afraid even of their own shadow!" This statement demonstrates a clear political motivation for the attack and the intention to intimidate current Israeli officials.
Handala Hack is a pro-Palestinian group specializing in cyberattacks against Israeli interests and infrastructure. It uses sophisticated attack techniques, including phishing, ransomware, and website hacking.
One of the most high-profile incidents involving the group occurred in March 2024. Then the group announced the hacking of the Viber messenger and the theft of more than 740 GB of confidential data, including the source code of the application. For the stolen data, the hackers demanded a ransom of $583,000 in bitcoins. However, Viber denies the hack, stating that it did not find any traces of penetration into its systems.
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