Iran appears to have conducted a significant cyberattack against a U.S. company
2 days ago
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- An Iran-linked hacker group, Handala Team, claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Stryker, a medical tech company based in Michigan.
- The attack involved wiping employees' devices back to factory settings, likely by accessing the company's Microsoft Intune account.
- This is the first significant cyberattack by Iran on an American company since the war between the countries began.
- Historically, Iran has conducted infamous 'wiper' cyberattacks, such as those on Saudi Aramco in 2012 and Sands Casino in 2014.
- Stryker confirmed the cyberattack but stated their systems were not directly hacked, and ransomware was not involved.
- Handala Team, linked to Iran's Intelligence Ministry, regularly boasts about its exploits on Telegram and X.