US Confirms Handala Link to Iran Government Amid Takedown of Hackers’ Sites
The US has seized several domains used by Handala in cyber-enabled psychological operations. The post US Confirms Handala Link to Iran Government Amid Takedown of Hackers’ Sites appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The United States government has for the first time officially linked the notorious Handala hacker group to the Iranian government. The announcement came amid the takedown of several websites used by Handala.
Handala has been on the radar of cybersecurity firms for years, but it gained widespread attention in recent days after ramping up its activity following the start of the US-Israel-Iran conflict.
Handala has allegedly launched many attacks against Israel, including wiping military weather servers, hijacking security camera feeds, exfiltrating and deleting corporate data, publicly exposing details of intelligence personnel, and compromising an oil and gas exploration firm.
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