PMO denies Handala claim Bravermans phone was hacked The Jerusalem Post

pIranlinked hacking group Handala on Sunday released a series of photos documents and contacts it claimed were from the phone of Tzachi Braverman chief of staff of the Prime Ministers OfficeppThe era of hiding behind closed doors is over now your secrets are available to those who seek the truth the group wrote on XTwitterppAmong the leaks was a list of contacts including Chaim Pliegeltaub a board member of Betar and Chen Ifergan Whatsapp likely referring to a contact within the PR agency Ifergan Earlier the Prime Ministers Office stated there had been no indications that Bravermans phone was compromised noting that an investigation was ongoingppNot just now Handala has been watching infiltrating and listening for years The silent guardian you trusted the one orchestrating Bibis world deciding who gets in and who disappears collecting every dirty secret has become your greatest vulnerability Handala wroteppThe vault you depended on is now oursppHandala also claimed to have sent Bravermans personal information to the private email address of former prime minister Naftali Bennett Israeli media reported on Sunday afternoon Bennett immediately involved security officials in the matter and instructed that no political use be made of the products of the Iranian attack should they be receivedppAgainst Israels enemies we are all one fist Bennett saidppEarlier the group published a vaguely threatening poem referring to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus trip to the United States just as the prime minister and his wife Sarah took off for a diplomatic visit to FloridappThe tweet opened with the phrase Flight BB Gate which could be a play on words BB or Bibi is a common nickname for Netanyahu and gate is often used in international discourse as a hint at an affair or scandal Handala may be attempting to link the prime ministers flight to a problematic or sensitive incident but it did not specify the circumstancesppHandalas poem continues to describe Flight BB Gate as it rises above the clouds referencing the physical act of traveling via airplaneppThe group makes no explicit claim of hacking Netanyahu but invokes an impression of presence or awareness of sensitive information passing through communication networksppDr Itay Gal contributed to this reportppCopyright 2026 Jpost Inc All rights reservedppppp