An Iran-linked hacker group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on a medical tech company in what appears to be the first significant instance of Iran’s hacking an American company since the start of the war between the countries.
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.
As an American, am I supposed to feel bad?
I watched my government bomb an elementary school with zero approval from the “Separations of Power”.
This is fuck around and find out and Americans are on the opposing side.
Are they not supposed to report news?
They should hack the banks and wipe out everyone’s debt while also wiping out the billionares’ accounts.
You joke but those banks have some of the most notoriously locked down systems in the world. I think some of them even run a completely in house EDR.
Still would be funny though
Ooof, this isn’t good.
You know how sometimes paramedics have to come to your house and hook you up to a heart monitor? That’s most likely a Stryker Lifepak.
You know how those same paramedics need to put you on a stretcher and load you into the ambulance? That’s most likely a Stryker Power-Pro.
You know how when those same paramedics bring you to the hospital and they put you in a medical bed, and hook you up to a bunch of equipment? Most likely more Stryker gear.
Maybe this should have been considered before we started ANOTHER stupid war.
What does the regime care, it’s only the poors who’ll be affected.
since the start of the war between the countries
What a complicit way to phrase that.
They should target all the banks and tech giants.
Brb gonna max out my credit cards first
Way ahead of ya
Just as long as they ruin as many non-jill-stein voters’ lives as possible, I’m happy!! /s
If you feel the need to type /s, your attempt at wit failed.
I want to agree with you, but with the prevalence of bots that try to actually push viewpoints that stupid, and the amount of idiots in general who end up believing it, it’s kinda becoming necessary these days to point which side of Poe’s Law you are on
That’s kinda the point, if you dont want to risk some people misunderstanding you, then don’t be sarcastic, just say what you mean. Jonathan Swift received a lot of hate mail including death threats for publishing A Modest Proposal. And he fully expected that.
If you felt the need to respond like this, you failed at life.
Yes exactly! You dont need a stupid sarcasm tag!!
I was referring to you being a jerk for no reason
Ha, hilarious youve really stepped up your comedy game, bravo!
Look at this. No /s tag and still not witty!
Thank you for saying what we all think. That shit belongs on Reddit, let it rot there.
No one thinks that
You know feel free to take down Facebook or Google or Bank of America or any of those please.
Iran has the right to defend itself. Also, the american people yearn for freedom.
Yay more mandatory corporate cyber security training refreshers for everyone!
But its a free USB drive i found in the parking lot!!
Just a quick look won’t hurt anyone
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In the future, if more similar attacks happen, I hope we all remember that Iran is defending themselves against a completely unjust war, launched on them by hegemonic force. Anyone affected by these attacks should place the blame on the US government for forcing Iran to defend itself.
Yes but it’s still weird going to bat for Iran, an objectively worse country in every way. The blood of thousands of their own citizens spilled at their own hand hasn’t even cooled yet, and somehow people are making them out to be the good guys.
It’s entirely possible for there to be no good guys in a war. This is just one piece of shit despot attacking another. Cheer for neither, pray for us all.
Two wrongs don’t make a right. I can condemn a senseless war without defending every atrocity the defenders have committed.
I don’t really see how Iran brutalizing Iranians makes it ok to drop bombs on other Iranians.
Hell, America itself has been the obvious villain in countless military conflicts. That doesn’t mean it’d be ok for some random other country to bomb Chicago just because they want to.
In WW2, America had segregation, the UK and France had brutally oppressive overseas colonies, and the USSR had gulags. The Axis were still much worse.
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If they could be a dear and target MOHELA and delete the student loan data on me, I’d appreciate it.
It could be a good way to fuck the US government AND make the US citizen lean towards Iran. If they destroy all debts, people in the US would start seeing Iran as the good guys in all this.
With how ridiculously anal they are about student loans in the states, the Iran war can devolve into complete nuclear Armageddon and they would still refuse to let that debt get discharged.
Probably the first time a government would help them out instead of feeding them to capitalists.
I wonder why they chose a medical equipment company
My guess is that if they had access to a juicer target, they would have taken it. This feels like the best they could do with what they had.
I think they simply used the hack that was ready because they’ve been super busy with the protests.
Now that those are on the back burner be prepared for more sophisticated hacks to come down the pipeline.
I think they simply used the hack that was ready
I think we’re saying the same thing. If they had a hack that was higher tier/more exposure, they would have used it. They didn’t at this time. So they used what they had.
Because it’s a warning shot. They don’t want to immediately target the US government, large financial or tech companies, or infrastructure - they may attack those later, but not at the start. It’s too quick an escalation.
If and when they do attack the US government sites, expect it to be a “less consequential” agency - Health and Human Services or something. If they have a way into the Pentagon, Department of Energy, or other high-value targets (for them), then the information they can get from those targets is way more valuable than attacking them and losing that access.
I honestly kind of doubt what you say in your first paragraph. Their country is getting glassed, why would they hold back? Do you think that they’re thinking the US government will stop if they breach a mid sized company? Besides, it’s not a great “warning shot” when most of the general public has no idea what the company is (this is America we’re talking about).
What I think is more likely is that it was found on Shodan (or similar), researched, and since it’s a sizable US company with clear attack vectors, they took action. I don’t think they specifically sought out this company.
Targets like the US government, banks, and tech companies generally have the money to defend against such exploits, to a point. To be clear, I’m not saying that these large organizations do not have exploitable infrastructure (especially the US govt these days). I’m saying that they have the money, employees, and capacity to reduce their attack surfaces, and also have alarming for when something abnormal is detected. It’s a similar strategy for homes and businesses with prominent security cameras in plain view. The security cameras can’t physically stop a burglary, but they do make the location less of an easy target and cause most criminals to find somewhere without them instead.
For a little bit of context and without doxxing myself, I’ve worked for several large fortune 50 companies on the tech side of things, and many of these attacks were caught and dealt with internally without the need to notify anyone in the public. There have been a ton of non-publicly disclosed attacks from state level actors in these organizations, and they’ve only been increasing, even before this illegal war.
Again, not to say that Iran doesn’t have some tricks up their sleeves in regard cyberattacks. I do think that they will eventually breach and damage some huge companies in the near future, I just don’t think that this was any type of warning shot.
It’s too quick an escalation.
I’m sorry? They’re okay with bombing US bases and kill soldiers, but cyber attacks against government websites is one step too far? They’re bombing shit left and right but hacking some Usaian company is too much?
Sorry, that really doesn’t track.
A more feasible explanation would be that this is the best they can do right now. I really don’t see any reason why they would hold back.
Probably was the easiest target for some reason? Sleeper cells in Dearborn?
That’s kind of a lame target to attack. Did they give a reason why or did it just have the easiest exploit?
