While Netanyahu's office denied the claims, the group says it will release sensitive data involving Tzachi Braverman's contacts and information regarding the Qatargate scandal
Handala, an Iranian hacker group, claimed on 28 December that it had hacked the phone of a close aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and would soon publish sensitive details of corruption involving the prime minister and his inner circle.
The hacker group said it acquired the material by hacking the iPhone of Netanyahu's chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, who was recently appointed as ambassador to the UK.
According to the hackers, some of the material to be released is linked to "Qatargate," a corruption scandal that erupted in Israel stemming from allegations that Netanyahu and his close advisers enabled, encouraged, or politically benefited from Qatar making payments to Hamas in the years before the 7 October Al-Aqsa Flood operation.
In a post on their X account, the hackers said they had broken into Braverman's iPhone and now possess "encrypted chats, hidden deals, shameful moral and financial indulgences, abuse of power, blackmail, payoffs."
Such a leak would give Iran access to his contacts, Netanyahu's internal security information, and other classified info.
The hackers said they had dubbed the breach "The Gatekeeper's Fall." (more...)
Iranian hacker group ‘Handala’ says it breached Netanyahu chief of staff’s phone
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— HANDALA (@Handala_Red) December 28, 2025
To Netanyahu’s inner circle,
To every official still clutching the illusion of secrecy
You feel it now: the tightening chest, the cold sweat, the gnawing dread. That’s not just fear, it’s the knowledge that every layer of your security,… pic.twitter.com/LgW6ek4tu1
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