From Hunter to Hunted: Mossad’s Former Chief Falls into the Trap
Attack Intelligence
From Hunter to Hunted: Mossad’s Former Chief Falls into the Trap was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to handala in March 2026. The organization, operating in an undisclosed 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.
In history, there is always a moment when the hunter becomes the hunted. Today, that moment has arrived for Tamir Pardo, a name intertwined with crime and assassination. Tamir Pardo, former head of Mossad, is the very figure who stained his hands with the blood of the purest by directly issuing orders for the assassination…