Stryker is experiencing a global network disruption to its Microsoft environment because of a cyber-attack, according to the company’s website.
“We have no indication of ransomware or malware and believe the incident is contained. Our teams are working rapidly to understand the impact of the attack on our systems,” the post states.
“Stryker has business continuity measures in place to continue to support our customers and partners. We are committed to transparency and will keep stakeholders informed as we know more,” it added.
Social media posts and news reports state that company employees were unable to login to devices and work.
“My wife had 3 Stryker managed devices wiped around 3:30 AM EDT. Their Entra login page was defaced with the Handala logo, it’s still up as of this post,” one Reddit user posted early Wednesday morning.
“A United States medical tech company has suffered a major outage caused by hackers believed to be Iranian,” the Mirror reported. “Thousands of people have been left unable to work following the sophisticated cyber attack on Stryker’s global operations.”
Reports state that Stryker’s IT systems are down.
Medical equipment maker Stryker was allegedly hit with an Iran-linked cyber attack on Wednesday right after midnight ET, causing a global outage across its system, with staff and contractors saying a logo of an Iran-linked group appeared on the login page, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news.
FastCompany.com reports other targets. The website states:
Handala was also behind a breach of the Academy of the Hebrew Language’s website on Wednesday, according to The Jerusalem Post, which reported that the group posted the message, “There is no need to learn Hebrew anymore. You won’t need it for much longer.”
Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology (or medtech) companies. It develops medical, surgical, and neurotechnology products and services, impacting more than 150 million patients a year.
