Handala has carried out actual cyberattacks, but experts explained to NBC News why the group is trying to inflate the impact of its operations.
People work Sunday to salvage items from a building in a commercial district of Tehran, Iran, that was hit by a U.S.-Israeli strike.Majid Saeedi/Getty ImagesApril 1, 2026, 11:30 a.m. EDT
Since the start of the war in Iran, the Handala Hack group has become the main online promoter of alleged Iranian cyberattacks, including the leaking of old private intelligence. emails and photos of FBI Director Kash Patel’s email address. But victims and cybersecurity experts say many of his exploits are not as ferocious as they are made out to be.
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