☑️ S2W DDW Weekly Highlights in October W1
🔍 Personal Information and Emails of Former Israeli Prime Minister Leaked by Pro-Palestinian Hacktivist Group
• A pro-Palestinian hacktivist group, Handala, has leaked the personal information and approximately 100,000 emails of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. These documents have been shared on the dark web forum BreachForums.
• Handala, which previously linked Israel’s intelligence agency to a bombing in Lebanon last September, continues its cyberattacks on Israeli targets. The latest leak includes Barak's emails, passport photos, and selfies, provided as evidence.
• The group claims to have persistently exfiltrated data from the Prime Minister's residence, with future attacks anticipated.
🔍 Russian Threat Actor Targets Korean Institutions Over Ukraine Support
• The Russian hacktivist group CyberDragon has taken responsibility for DDoS attacks on multiple South Korean institutions, including the Korea Exchange.
• The group cited South Korea’s support for Ukraine as the motivation behind the attacks. On October 2, CyberDragon posted on its Telegram channel, confirming the attacks, which followed its announcement of the #opSouthKorea campaign a day earlier.
• Similar attacks, with the same motivation, were reported in June and September.
🔍 Taiwan Stock Exchange Suffers DDoS Attack by Malaysian Hacktivist Group
• The Taiwan Stock Exchange suffered a DDoS attack by the Malaysia-based hacktivist group RipperSec.
• On October 3, the group posted evidence of the attack on Telegram, showing the site’s inaccessibility but gave no reason for the action.
• RipperSec, a pro-Muslim hacktivist group, has been involved in multiple cyberattacks on government institutions across Southeast Asia.