The company, Stryker, which is headquartered in Michigan, produces a range of medical equipment and technology.
Historically, Iran has conducted some of the most infamous “wiper” cyberattacks on national enemies, aiming to simply erase all data on computers’ networks.
Victims include Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, in 2012, and the Sands Casino in 2014.
But that appears to have changed Wednesday, with what appears to have been a different type of attack that also deleted information from devices.
Handala Team has claimed responsibility for the Stryker hack in statements on its Telegram and X accounts.
From there, Handala appears to have wiped some employees’ devices back to factory settings, an expert said.
“Stryker is experiencing a global network disruption to our Microsoft environment as a result of a cyber attack. »