Handala hacks FBI drones, threatens to target World Cup

The pro-resistance Handala hacking group has announced that it breached drones of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States and threatened to target the underway World Cup.

On Friday, the monitoring group SITE Intelligence Group published a statement from Handala saying they had had access “for months” to “every image and every suspect” captured by first-person view (FPV) drones used by the FBI.

According to the statement, the drones featured facial recognition and license plate screening deployed for counterterrorism.

“Better tighten your World Cup security, we don’t like some of those teams at all. Don’t forget: FPVs are everywhere; you never know when one might end up right in your team’s bus,” Handala said in the statement quoted by SITE.

Handala released photos and footage that it said were taken from the hacked drones.

The FBI is reportedly deploying drones around World Cup stadiums to protect against unauthorized aircraft.

Drone flights will be banned over US stadiums hosting matches, as well as over fan events related to the tournament that began on Thursday.

Handala brings FBI ‘to its knees’ by breaching director's personal email

The hacktivist group says FBI Director Kash Patel can now find his name added to their list of “successfully hacked victims.”

In March, Handala said it brought the so-called “impenetrable” systems of the FBI "to their knees" within hours as its team has gained full access to data belonging to FBI Director Kash Patel.

Handala stated that the cyberattack came after the FBI announced a $10 million reward for the capture of its members.

The group reiterated that Washington can never “silence the voice of resistance” through “bribes and threats.”

Handala dedicated this cyber operation to the 84 navy personnel martyred aboard Iran’s IRIS Dena on March 4.

The vessel was on an official mission in international waters to participate in a naval exercise in India when it was struck by a US Navy MK 48 torpedo from a submarine, approximately 40 nautical miles off the coast of Galle, Sri Lanka.

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