Operation Octopus: Naftali Bennett

Operation Octopus: Naftali Bennett was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to handala in December 2025. 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.

Dear Naftali Bennett, You once prided yourself on being a beacon of cybersecurity, parading your expertise before the world. Yet, how ironic that your own iPhone 13 has fallen so easily to the hands of Handala. For all your boasts and bravado, your digital fortress was nothing more than a paper wall waiting to be…