Boston Scientific Still Recovering After Cyberattack Disrupted Global Operations
Summary
A cyberattack detected August 25 disrupted Boston Scientific’s manufacturing, order processing, and shipping. The company reported no new malicious activity, but had no full restoration timeline; existing implanted cardiac devices were unaffected.
Key points
- Boston Scientific detected an intrusion into some IT systems on August 25 and disclosed it the following day.
- The resulting network outage disrupted global manufacturing, customer order processing, and shipping.
- The company said existing implantable cardiac rhythm management devices were unaffected, but new remote activations for some cardiac monitors were disrupted.
- Boston Scientific said it had found no signs of malicious activity on its networks since August 25 and that the breach appeared limited to some on-premises systems.
- CrowdStrike and other cybersecurity experts were assisting with the investigation; the attacker was not identified, and no known cybercrime group had claimed responsibility.
- The company hoped to partially resume shipping some products that week but could not provide a full restoration timeline.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- Boston Scientific
- Incident Type
- Cyberattack involving an intrusion into some IT systems, causing a network outage
- Operational Impact
- Global operations were disrupted, including product manufacturing, customer order processing, and shipping. New remote activations for some cardiac monitors were also disrupted. The company was working to restore operations, but could not provide a full restoration timeline.
- Ransom Or Extortion
- No ransom or extortion activity was reported. The article says no known cybercrime group had taken credit for the breach.
- Claim Status
- confirmed