Stryker Sued Over Data Breach Following Pro-Iran Cyberattack

A former Stryker Corp. customer service representative sued the medical technology company following a cyberattack on its ordering and shipping systems that a pro-Iran digital activist group took credit for.

Stryker failed to secure the data through systems and practices to mitigate the risks of an attack, Tom Mesmer told the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan on March 13. He and others face a litany of identity theft-related risks, and Stryker failed to sufficiently inform victims, the lawsuit said.

In a rolling press release that started March 11, Stryker described the attack as a “global ...