St. Joseph County

St. Joseph County was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to handala in April 2026. The organization, operating in the Government sector in United States, 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.

We, the members of Handala Hack, proudly announce that through a targeted and intelligent operation, we have completely taken control of the centralized IT infrastructure of St. Joseph County in the state of Indiana. This operation was successfully executed after months of monitoring, reconnaissance, and meticulous planning. During this attack, over 2 terabytes of the…