Ransomware victim disclosure

Vahid Online (Telegram Channel)

listed as Vahid Offline Members · Claimed by Handala · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 17, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Handala
Status: Data leaked
Country: Iran
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Mar 17, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Vahid Online appears to be an Iranian Telegram channel or online community with approximately 180,000 members. The channel's nature is not fully specified, but it operates as a digital membership-based platform in Iran. No corporate website or physical presence has been identified.

Industry: Online Media / Social Channel

Attack summary

Severity: high — Confirmed exfiltration and publication of PII (names and mobile numbers) for 180,000 individuals constitutes a large-scale personal data breach; mobile numbers linked to Iranian users carry significant privacy and safety risks in the local context.

Handala claims to have exfiltrated and published a list of 180,000 Iranian members of the 'Vahid Online' channel, including their associated mobile phone numbers.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Member list (180,000 individuals)
Mobile phone numbers

What the group claims

The list of 180,000 Iranian members of this channel, along with their mobile numbers, has been published. From now on, you’d better change your name from “Vahid Online” to “Vahid Offline”! Download Members

Sources

Leak posthttps://handala-hack.to/vahid-offline-members/

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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Disclosure context

About Handala

Handala is a recently emerged ransomware group that first appeared in May 2024, primarily motivated by financial gain with potential geopolitical overtones given their targeting patterns. The group's country of origin remains unclear, though their focus on Israeli targets alongside Western nations suggests possible Middle Eastern connections or sympathies, and it is unknown whether they operate as a standalone group or utilize a Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Limited public information exists regarding their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, or technical capabilities, though their rapid accumulation of 164 documented victims suggests they employ effective compromise techniques across multiple sectors including technology, government, energy, and healthcare organizations. The group has demonstrated a clear preference for targeting victims in Israel, the United States, and the United Kingdom, with additional activity observed in Iran and the UAE, indicating either opportunistic targeting or strategic selection based on geopolitical considerations. Given their recent emergence and continued victim acquisitions throughout 2024, Handala appears to remain active, though comprehensive technical analysis and law enforcement reporting on their operations remain limited due to their relatively short operational history. The group has been linked to 182 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 26, 2024; most recent post April 15, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 17, 2026Vahid Offline Members listed by Handalaon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Vahid Offline Members is reported in Iran.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.