Stryker attack wiped tens of thousands of devices, no malware needed

2026-03-17T01:23:31Z45a7434686c741c37dccd7fa676c7c205c89b98d0b1693239325d32889cf14e3
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What happened

Collection of mid-March 2026 security incidents: a destructive attack on medical giant Stryker wiped tens of thousands of employee devices via its internal Microsoft environment without deploying traditional malware; CISA warned of an actively exploited Wing FTP Server vulnerability that may be chained into remote code execution attacks; U.K. Companies House took WebFiling offline after a flaw exposed company data since Oct 2025; Microsoft customers experienced an Exchange Online outage and several Windows 11 issues (including loss of C: access on some Samsung devices after the Feb 2026 update

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

Source ID
bleepingcomputer
Record identifier
45a7434686c741c37dccd7fa676c7c205c89b98d0b1693239325d32889cf14e3
Enrichment time
2026-03-17T01:23:31Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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