Iran-linked hacker group launches debilitating cyberattack against US medical company Stryker
TL;DR
An Iran-linked hacker group, Handala, launched a cyberattack on Stryker, causing global network disruptions, seizing 50TB of data, and halting operations for the 56,000-employee medical company.
Source: New York Post
An Iran-linked hacker group has claimed responsibility for launching a debilitating cyberattack against Stryker, a Michigan-based medical equipment company, and caused a “global network disruption” to their Microsoft apps, the company said in a statement. The logo of the Iran-linked hacking group Handala was blasted across company login pages during the cyberattack, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Handala Team later claimed responsibility for the Stryker hacking in a statement on X and Telegram saying that they had seized 50 terabytes of “critical data". Stryker told NBC News that the disruption stopped work-issued phones from functioning and effectively halted operations at the 56,000-employee company. The attack also appeared to have wiped information from some employees’ devices. Stryker has 56,000 employees and operates in 61 countries. Full Story