How ‘Handala’ Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks
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Feed Name: WIRED Security
Date Published: 2026-03-12
Date Updated: 2026-04-26
Author: Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman
The article reports that Iranian-linked hacker group Handala has claimed responsibility for a large, disruptive cyberattack on medical-technology firm Stryker that reportedly disabled tens of thousands of computers and paralyzed global operations; analysts cited in the piece consider Handala a probable front for Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and describe a broader noisy, destructive retaliatory campaign against US and Israeli targets.
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