Iran-Linked Hackers Breach FBI Director’s Personal Email, Hit Stryker With Wiper Attack

This article covers Iran-linked hacktivist group Handala Hack Team's recent cyberattacks, including breaching FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email and launching a destructive wiper attack on Fortune 500 company Stryker.

• •Handala Hack, tied to Iran's MOIS, leaked emails from Patel's personal account dating to 2010 and 2019 in retaliation for U.S. domain seizures.
• •The Stryker attack used Microsoft Intune exploitation and phishing to deploy wiper malware, deleting data and wiping thousands of employee devices — the first confirmed destructive wiper op against a U.S. Fortune 500 firm.
• •Attack vectors include compromised VPN credentials, RDP lateral movement, Group Policy logon scripts, and VeraCrypt to hinder recovery.
• •CISA and Microsoft issued hardening guidance recommending least privilege, phishing-resistant MFA, and multi-admin approval in Intune.