Stryker (Medical Technology) headquarters in Portage Michigan closes amid cyber attack affecting global systems UPDATED

[usonian]

Last edited Wed Mar 11, 2026, 04:47 PM - Edit history (2)

Oddly, the title on Hacker News said "Medical technology company in Michigan hit by suspected Iran-linked cyberattack" when there was no mention of Iran in the article, nor from Stryker itself.

Company: https://www.stryker.com/us/en/index.html

https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kzoo-bc/kalamazoo/stryker-headquarters-in-portage-closes-amid-reported-cyber-attack-affecting-global-systems

PORTAGE, Mich. Stryker's Global Headquarters in Portage closed on Wednesday as the company deals with a cyber attack.

FOX 17 learned Stryker fell victim to the attack, which is wiping phones and computers tied to the company's systems, according to Portage Public Safety.

A Stryker spokesperson confirmed it was targeted through its Microsoft suite of technology which disrupted its networks in facilities across the world. The company said it has contained the situation, noting no evidence of ransomware or malware has been found.

The scope of the impact was still being evaluated as of Wednesday afternoon. Stryker said it was continuing to support customers and partners through the cyber attack.

https://www.stryker.com/us/en/about/news/2026/a-message-to-our-customers-03-2026.html

Stryker is experiencing a global network disruption to our Microsoft environment as a result of a cyber attack. We have no indication of ransomware or malware and believe the incident is contained.

Our teams are working rapidly to understand the impact of the attack on our systems.

Stryker has business continuity measures in place to continue to support our customers and partners. We are committed to transparency and will keep stakeholders informed as we know more.

WAS IT IRAN?
The Mirror reports multiple global attacks by Iranian hackers.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/stryker-live-iran-cyber-attack-36850867
Apparently a hacker group 'Handala hackers'

The hackers say they targeted Stryker in retaliation for US bombing of all-girls school in Iran. They say they have wiped more that 200,000 Stryker systems, servers, and mobile devices and stole 50 terabytes of critical data, forcing Stryker offices in 79 countries to shut down

[Nittersing]

1. Did Iran confuse it with the tanks?

https://www.army-technology.com/projects/stryker-armoured-combat-vehicle/

Stryker is a family of eight-wheel-drive combat vehicles built for the US Army by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) – Canada and the General Dynamics Land Systems Division, US.

[usonian]

5. I resisted this

but yes, the heavy equipment showed up in an image search.

This is the medical outfit.

Hackers will hit any vulnerability they find. Not sure if they are getting more strategic.

This one seems just purely destructive as opposed to ransomware attacks.

[mr715]

11. Yeah, but we're the alpha country

[snowybirdie]

2. Wondered why

My artificial knee was aching! G

[DBoon]

3. This Stryker?

https://www.stryker.com/us/en/index.html

At first I thought it was some hair-metal band.

[usonian]

4. Looks right. NT

[tavernier]

6. Dr. Stryker casted my broken leg when I was a teenager.

He was the head of orthopedics at the hospital. My dad took me to the hospital after breaking my leg ski jumping. It was a Sunday afternoon and everyone had left and he was about to go home. He was kind of a big wig, even then, but he said he would take care of me. Years later, I worked in that same hospital as a student nurse and then later as a graduate nurse on the orthopedic word. That was all before he became a billionaire with his invention of products for hospital patients.

[usonian]

7. Small world.

I ran into physics Nobel Prize winners.

Surprise, my undergrad physics advisor, Alan Cormack, co-won a Nobel Prize for CAT scan technology.

Later, working on staff at Cal Berkeley, I met a bunch.

I seem to be a lucky charm FOR OTHERS.

Oh well. We have interesting stories to tell. Thanks!

[Johnny2X2X]

8. This is absolutely crazy

Good friend works there. Phone wiped. Laptop wiped. All operations halted. A $130 Billion company dead in the water. They have customers and patient all over the world. Scary stuff.

Friend has no idea when they’ll be back up and running. Even if that’s this week they’re going to be set back for months.

[usonian]

9. Being a Microsoft hater for ummmm 45 years, I have no sympathy for the IT clowns who chose their garbage software.

Only for the millions of victims who suffer from its incredibly poor and easily attacked code.

It is criminally poor.

Nadella is crying his eyes out. On the way to the bank.

[Norbert]

10. I couldn't figure out why but saw they have a facility in Dubai

If there is a common thread, that would be it.

I hate to see this. Stryker is a good company.

[Johnny2X2X]

12. They are a great company.

The founders have given away $billions to charities. The products they make help health care and surgery be easier and cheaper and with better outcomes.