March 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Wednesday asked companies to strengthen the security of Microsoft’s endpoint management tool, after a cyberattack on medical device maker Stryker Corp last week.
The March 11 cyberattack hit Stryker’s computer systems, causing widespread disruption to its business, including its ability to process orders, make products and ship them to customers. The company said it had experienced a global disruption to its Microsoft environment.
An Iran-linked hacking group called Handala claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in retaliation to a strike on a girls’ school in Minab, southern Iran.
(Reporting by Natalia Bueno Rebolledo in Mexico City; Editing by Sonia Cheema)
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