Healthcare IT
Boston Scientific Is the Third Device Giant Hacked Since March
A cyberattack is disrupting Boston Scientific's order processing and shipping worldwide — the third device giant hit since March, after Stryker and Medtronic.
A cyberattack is disrupting Boston Scientific's order processing and shipping worldwide — the third device giant hit since March, after Stryker and Medtronic.
Medtronic disclosed on April 24 that an unauthorized party accessed corporate IT systems. ShinyHunters claims 9 million records and terabytes of internal data. Medtronic confirms only the corporate-IT scope and says products, patient safety, and manufacturing networks are unaffected — a careful framing that healthcare IT readers will recognize.