Israel Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

Israel Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to handala in March 2026. The organization, operating in the Government 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.

INSS Hacked Your national security is built on deception, media manipulation, and the brainwashing of Jews. How did your national security institution imagine it could end the war in just a few days? But this time is different, and there will be no end. This is a war between good and evil, and all the…