“Nobody can work”

US medical equipment provider Stryker said its global networks were disrupted by a cyberattack on Wednesday, allegedly carried out by a hacking group linked to Iran. The attack impacted Stryker’s internal Microsoft environment and deleted information from devices, with one employee telling NBC News that company phones stopped working, grinding work and communications to a standstill.

In an SEC filing disclosing the attack, Stryker says the “full scope” of the operational and financial impact on its business “are not yet known,” and that it’s unable to provide a full restoration timeline. The situation was still ongoing as of 12:32AM ET on Thursday, when Stryker said that it was working to bring its systems back online as quickly as possible.

  • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    12 days ago

    Sorry, just saw your edit. Their entire system was down.

    Normally you come in and scan your ID at a desk before registration, but they couldn’t even do that. They weren’t paper charting, they were just taking a list of names like on several blank pieces of computer paper to keep track bc even the kiosks where you just put in that you’ve arrived were down too. It was wild.

    Idk if it’s just every piece of medical equipment relies on striker or what, but they were dead in the water and had apparently been that way since like 6 am.