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A cyber radical linked to the Iranian authorities has targeted thousands of American work members and different US authorities officials successful cyberattacks implicit caller months.The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials, reported that the Handala Hack Team connected Tuesday published the names and different idiosyncratic details of 2,379 US Marines stationed successful the Persian Gulf region.The hackers shared identifying accusation connected Telegram, presenting the leak arsenic grounds of their "surveillance capabilities".According to Iraq-based Shafaq News, the US unit stationed successful the portion were sent threatening messages connected WhatsApp, informing that they were nether ticker and could beryllium targeted.The radical further claimed it had entree to deeper layers of data, including household information, location addresses, and adjacent details astir regular routines and unit movements.
It besides signalled that much disclosures could follow.Pentagon launches probeAccording to US officials, the Pentagon has launched a probe into the claims, but archetypal indications are that astatine slightest immoderate of the names released are those of subject members.Investigators judge Handala is besides targeting members of different work branches, the authoritative added.“This is conscionable a driblet successful the water of our surveillance capabilities,” the radical wrote successful its post, saying it has the names and identities of "tens of thousands of American subject unit successful the region," and “detailed cognition of their families, location addresses, bases, regular commutes, buying habits, and adjacent their nightly leisure activities.”
Last month, Handala had publically claimed the breach of FBI Director Kash Patel's idiosyncratic inbox, publishing photographs of the manager and his purported resume connected the internet.On its website, the hacker radical Handala Hack Team said Patel "will present find his sanction among the database of successfully hacked victims."This comes arsenic US President Donald Trump precocious claimed that Iran had reached retired nether mounting pressure."Iran has conscionable informed america that they are successful a 'State of Collapse.' They privation america to 'Open the Hormuz Strait' arsenic soon arsenic possible," Trump wrote connected Truth Social.In a abstracted post, helium said, "Iran can't get their enactment together. They don't cognize however to motion a non-nuclear deal. They amended get astute soon!"
