Raz Zimmt (head of the Iran Desk at Israeli security institutes)
Attack Intelligence
Raz Zimmt (head of the Iran Desk at Israeli security institutes) 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.
Mr. Raz Zimmt, Do you still think you can comment on Iran? Today, you learned the hard way what happens when you play with fire, you get burned. The so-called head of the Iran Desk at Israeli security institutes has now become the hunted. We didn’t just access your inbox, we unlocked your entire world.…