The Iranian hacking group Handala said Thursday that it had deeply and covertly penetrated the phone of former IDF chief of staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi in an alleged new cyber incident that could rattle the defense establishment.
In a statement, the group said the operation lasted for years and resulted in the theft of about 19,000 sensitive files. According to the group, the material includes visual documentation of secret meetings, strategic maps and personal details from Halevi’s private home.
The hackers said the material in their possession does not consist only of documents, but also live visual records from what they described as “crisis rooms” and highly secret facilities. They said that, unlike IDF censors, who often obscure the faces of officers and pilots, they possess thousands of fully exposed images of fighters and commanders at the highest ranks.
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