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US accuses Iran’s government of operating hacktivist group that hacked Stryker

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Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2026-03-20

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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The U.S. Department of Justice publicly attributed the hacktivist persona "Handala" and related personas to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), seizing multiple domains and linking the group to a destructive March attack on medical tech firm Stryker that reportedly wiped tens of thousands of employee devices; DOJ also tied the personas to prior MOIS operations (including an Albanian government attack) and warned the personas were used for psychological operations and doxxing.

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