Handala Hack Team: Threat Actor Profile

### Executive Summary: Handala Hack Team is a pro-Palestinian, Iran-aligned hacktivist group that conducts disruptive and information operations against high-impact targets (healthcare, energy, defense, government). The report profiles their frequent use of phishing and credential abuse, remote administrative tool misuse and destructive actions (wiping/encrypting), documents recent claimed operations (Stryker, Lockheed Martin, Israeli electrical infrastructure, personal email compromise), maps behaviors to MITRE ATT&CK techniques, and recommends external attack surface management and stronger identity controls.