Overview
- The Justice Department seized Justicehomeland.org, Handala-Hack.to, Karmabelow80.org, and Handala-Redwanted.to, alleging they ran state-directed propaganda, leak, and intimidation operations for Iran’s MOIS.
- Court filings say Handala used its sites to claim a March 11 destructive malware attack on U.S. medical technology firm Stryker and to publish stolen data.
- Investigators report the posting of sensitive information for roughly 190 people tied to Israel’s military or government, alongside threats that they were being watched.
- The FBI says email accounts linked to the network sent death threats to dissidents and journalists, referenced CJNG cartel “partners,” and offered $250,000 bounties for killings.
- FBI Baltimore is leading the ongoing probe with federal prosecutors, and within a day of the seizures a Handala website reappeared, underscoring the operators’ resilience.