Boston Scientific hit by cyberattack, global operations affected
Boston Scientific said on Wednesday that a cybersecurity incident had disrupted global operations, including some information systems used to process and ship customer orders.
The medical device maker said it detected the incident on August 25 and had activated incident-response procedures, working with third-party cybersecurity specialists to investigate and contain the threat.
Shares of the company fell about 4% in morning trading.
The incident is the latest in a series of cyberattacks to hit the healthcare sector, with medical device makers Abbott Laboratories, opens new tab, Stryker, opens new tab and Medtronic, opens new tab, health insurer Clover Health, opens new tab, drugmaker Novo Nordisk, opens new tab and drug-delivery equipment supplier West Pharmaceutical Services, opens new tab among those recently hit.
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