Intuitive Surgical Reveals Cyber Breach - Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG), Stryker (NYSE:SYK)
The Handala group wiped over 200,000 devices disrupting Stryker’s global manufacturing and shipping, while Intuitive Surgical faced a phishing breach exposing limited internal data.
- On March 11, Stryker identified a global Microsoft-environment outage caused by a cyberattack, disrupting order processing, manufacturing and shipping, and activated its cybersecurity response.
- Check Point Research says an Iran-linked hacktivist group, Handala, claimed responsibility while researchers report abuse of Microsoft Intune to push base64-encoded remote-wipe commands.
- Stryker reported disruptions affecting 56,000 employees across operations in 61 countries, while the group claimed it wiped over 200,000 systems and exfiltrated 50 terabytes of data.
- Market observers noted Stryker shares dropped 9% to $339, and analysts warned the destructive wiper could threaten the 8% to 9.5% organic growth guidance if operations don’t normalize soon.
- Intuitive Surgical said on Thursday a phishing attack compromised an employee account in its internal business administrative network, exposing employee and customer data while its da Vinci surgical system and Ion endoluminal system remain operational.
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Intuitive Surgical Reveals Cyber Breach - Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG), Stryker (NYSE:SYK)
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG) drew market attention Friday after revealing a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to internal administrative systems. The disclosure comes as medtech peer Stryker Corporation (NYSE:SYK) battles a major cyber disruption of its own. What Happened? The company said the breach resulted from a targeted phishing attack that compromised an employee account connected to certain internal applicatio…
A Cyberattack Just Put Stryker's $25 Billion Growth Story to the Test
Quick Read Stryker (SYK) generated $25 billion in revenue in 2025 and recorded $4.283 billion in free cash flow, but shares fell 9% to $339 after an Iranian-linked cyberattack wiped 200,000+ systems and disrupted manufacturing and shipping operations across 56,000 employees in 61 countries. A destructive wiper attack by the Handala group permanently deleted data rather than holding it for ransom, complicating recovery and threatening Stryker’s…
Stryker says cyberattack still disrupting global operations
Stryker Corp. continued to feel the effects of a major cyberattack that disrupted global operations this week and is still working to determine the full financial and operating effects. In a filing late Thursday to federal securities regulators, the Portage-based Stryker reported that its chief information security officer, Dave Nathans, met... Please login to read all 564 words.
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