US EditionIran-linked hackers claim responsibility for attack on US medical device maker Stryker
Iran-linked group Handala claimed a major cyberattack wiping data from 95% of Stryker's devices, halting global operations and affecting 56,000 employees, company said.
- On Wednesday, an Iran-linked hacking persona known as Handala claimed responsibility for a destructive cyberattack that caused global network disruption at Stryker, the Michigan-based medical technology company.
- Handala stated the attack was retaliation for the killing of more than 170 people in a strike on a school in Minab, Iran, during the ongoing US-Israeli military conflict.
- Attackers gained access to the Microsoft Intune console to remotely wipe data from company and personal devices, a tactic cybersecurity expert Scott Bailey described as a "wiper attack" designed to cause maximum destruction.
- Stryker's shares fell about 3.4% on Wednesday as global operations face disruption, with employees sent home and the company managing a building emergency at its Portage, Michigan headquarters.
- The attack follows escalating threats against Western economic targets, with Bailey warning that global companies lacking strong cybersecurity "would definitely be a wake-up call" amid state-affiliated cyber warfare risks.
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Iranian hackers are suspected of breaching Stryker Corporation, a $20 billion Michigan-based medical device manufacturer, in what security analysts are calling the first major Iranian cyberoffensive against a U.S. company since military tensions between the two nations escalated. The attack hit Stryker’s systems on Wednesday. As of Thursday morning, the breach was still active, with the company unable to provide a timeline for full restoration. …
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