Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to handala in March 2026. The organization, operating in the Education sector in IL, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.

handala operates as a financially motivated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, exfiltrating sensitive data and threatening public disclosure to pressure victims into paying ransom demands.

On Quds Day, a new chapter was written in the realm of cyber warfare. Handala Hack successfully targeted the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (huji.ac.il), one of the scientific and research symbols of the Zionist regime, in the most extensive cyber operation in recent years. In this sophisticated and coordinated operation, all servers of the Hebrew…