Amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, hackers linked with Iran hacked the website of the Academy of the Hebrew Language on Wednesday. Amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, hackers linked with Iran hacked the website of the Academy of the Hebrew Language on Wednesday. You won’t need it for much longer,” stated the message, accompanied by the logo of the Iran-affiliated hacker group “Handala,” which took responsibility for the breach. It heightened at nearly 1.2 million requests per second directed at Israeli websites, according to a study from Thales-owned cybersecurity company Imperva. Who are Handala hackers?