Stryker hackers reportedly wiped tens of thousands of devices without using malware

• Handala hackers hit Stryker via compromised Intune admin
• Tens of thousands of devices wiped, but no data theft confirmed
• Medical products remain safe; order systems offline and only manually

When cybercriminals hit Stryker last week and wiped out tens of thousands of electronic devices, they did it without using malware. Instead, they used Intune, Microsoft’s cloud-based endpoint management service, sources said.

Last week, a hacker collective calling itself Handala (AKA HAtef, Hamsa) said it broke into Stryker, a Fortune 500 healthcare company with tens of billions in annual sales. They claimed to have stolen 50 terabytes of data and wiped “tens of thousands of systems and servers across the company’s network.”