Police probe threatening flyers distributed in Tel Aviv linked to Iranian hacker group

Israeli police and Shin Bet are investigating threatening flyers distributed in north Tel Aviv that contain a QR code linking to a site of the hacker group 'Handala', which Iranian media reported claimed responsibility and warned against harming energy infrastructure.

Police launched an investigation following threatening flyers distributed in north Tel Aviv. The flyers link to the website of the hostile hacker group 'Handala', and Iranian media reported that the group claims responsibility for their distribution. The threat pertains to damage to energy infrastructure, power plants, refineries, and water desalination facilities of Iran and its proxies, warning that 'this is a final warning'. Police collected evidence from the reported locations and call on the public to report encountering such flyers to emergency number 100.