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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Booth, UK technology editor

Iran-linked group says it hacked US company in retaliation for Minab school bombing

rescue workers observe rubble of damaged buildings in Tehran
Iranian rescue workers work among the rubble of damaged residential buildings in central Tehran, Iran, on 12 March 2026. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

An Iran-linked group said it hacked a US medical company, causing “global disruption” to its systems, in retaliation for the bombing of the Minab school in Iran, in an attack seen as widening the Middle East into the cyber realm.

Handala, a hacker group, claimed responsibility for the attack on Wednesday on the Stryker Corporation, which makes medical devices and is based in Michigan. It affected thousands of employees using the company’s Microsoft systems.

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