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Pro-Iran hacktivist group says it is behind attack on medical tech giant Stryker

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A cyberattack on U.S. medical-technology company Stryker caused a global outage and remotely wiped staff devices. The attack was carried out by a hacktivist group linked to Iran, which claimed responsibility and used Microsoft Intune to issue the wipe command. The incident followed a U.S. strike on a Tehran school.

Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.

How it was reported

  1. TechCrunch·
    Pro-Iran hacktivist group says it is behind attack on medical tech giant Stryker

    A pro-Iran hacktivist group attacked medical tech giant Stryker. The attack was in retaliation for a US strike on a Tehran school that killed over 175 people. The group claimed responsibility for the attack.

  2. TechMeme·
    US medtech giant Stryker suffers a global outage after a cyberattack; staff and contractors say an Iran-linked hacking group's logo appeared on login pages (James Rundle/Wall Street Journal)

    Stryker, a US medtech giant, suffered a global outage due to a cyberattack. An Iran-linked hacking group's logo appeared on login pages. Some staff devices were remotely wiped.

  3. Hacker News·
    Iran-Backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker
  4. The Verge·
    Iran-linked cyber attack targets US medtech giant Stryker
  5. Hacker News·
    Iranian Hacktivists Strike Medical Device Maker Stryker and Wiped Systems
  6. TechMeme·
    Source: the perpetrators of a wiper attack on Stryker appear to have used Microsoft Intune to issue a "remote wipe" command against all connected devices (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

    A hacktivist group linked to Iran's intelligence agencies claimed responsibility for a data-wiping attack on Stryker. The perpetrators used Microsoft Intune to issue a "remote wipe" command. The attack targeted all connected devices.

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