Handala group hacks medical tech giant Stryker, erases 12-petabyte data

The Handala Hack Team says it has carried out a massive cyberattack against the medical technology giant Stryker and permanently erased 12 petabytes of data. 

In a statement released on Monday, the group described the operation as a “swift and calculated attack” that penetrated the “deepest layers of the network” and targeted “over 200,000 of the company’s critical systems.”

The Handala Hack Team stated that the destruction of data, which was “unprecedented in volume,” took mere hours, despite having taken “years to collect and billions of dollars to protect.”

“No defense wall will withstand our will,” they said, adding that their capability to “paralyze the enemy’s vital infrastructure at any moment.”

Images documenting the operation have reportedly been released to the public.

This comes amid a cryptic alert from Handala on Twitter, warning that “secrets don’t always stay hidden forever” and suggesting that “Senior officials at the Mossad’s Iran Desk might want to pay close attention these days.”

Handala further hinted that “The hours ahead could reveal unexpected truths.”

The Handala Hack Team declared this attack to be “just the beginning” and issued a warning to “all those who walk the path of oppression and aggression.”

They concluded their statement by noting, “We have come to change the equations. We have shown that no power is higher than the will of the people.”

Handala has been actively engaged in accessing the information of important Israeli figures.

Previously, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, referred to the exposure of thousands of personal and security secrets of senior officials of the occupying regime.

It wrote that the leaked information included about 4,500 contacts from the phone of former Prime Minister

Naftali Bennett, 2,400 contacts from the phone of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, and 4,600 contacts from the phone of former so-called minister of justice Ayelet Shaked, along with personal contacts, photos, and videos.

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