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Iranian Hacktivists Strike Medical Device Maker Stryker in "Severe" Attack that Wiped Systems
b112: I absolutely think there should be ramifications for such acts.What I find bizarre, is that China and Russia do this daily, and "oh well". If such states sent over people to, you know, do damage using a bomb instead of a hack, there'd be trouble. As in, two towers were damaged, and it set off 20 years of war ... mostly against the wrong states.Yet if you cause death via subtle means, such as reducing hospital infra, or attack and destroy infra via hacking, meh. Oh well!This sort of falls inline with all other compute issues that appear before all elected bodies on the planet. An immense lack of understanding and comprehension, coupled with an inability to act.
WD-42: Well their country is currently being bombed, curious what additional ramifications you’d like to see?
strict9: It appears personal devices were also impacted by this via Microsoft Intune. That app is presented to employees as a way to get their email/slack on their personal device without giving IT systems access to it.IT systems around the country say that they have no access to your personal data and there they can only block access to Intune apps.But the linked reddit thread[1] in this article notes personal devices getting wiped and locked out.[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1rqopq0/stry...
DANmode: MDM enrollment has colloquially meant your device could be wiped for the security|incompetency of your firm for quite some time.
behnamoh: Iranian here:There's literally nothing our government has done that has not brought shame and disgust to us Iranians. There's not a year since I moved here that I don't carry guilt I never asked for...We've been calling for support from the West for almost half a century now in order to take down this barbaric evil regime. I'm glad there's finally a coalition--even if not as large as the one formed during the Iraq war--to deal with the islamic regime once and for all.
we_have_options: Or we could see this as a ramification for US bombing their country and DIRECTLY killing people, including many non-combatants.Like children, at schoolhttps://www.npr.org/2026/03/11/nx-s1-5744981/pentagon-iran-m...
randunel: The commenter you replied to seems to be oblivious to the fact that this act, described in the article, is merely a consequence of the war they started.
pavel_lishin: I think he's pointing out that we're not bombing China or Russia or North Korea, or any other states, over similar attacks.
input_sh: Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47346091
the_af: Is it an "oh well" situation in this case though?There seem to be actual people getting killed, in an actual war (by another name, but we all know it's a war, with missiles and airplanes and bombs).
dmix: The only reason the US government doesn't make a big deal about hacking is because they dont want blowback from their own intelligence collection operations.It's like how every country knows embassies are full of spies but they let them operate as diplomats anyway because they do the same thing.
alistairSH: I'm glad there's finally a coalitionBut the coalition (is two nations really a coalition?) hasn't state regime change is the purpose of the war. Well, they did, and then changed their minds. Several times.And, as I'm sure you're aware, knocking off the head of state in Iran doesn't necessarily move the needle on regime change. Dismantling the IRGC and removing the hardliners will be a long, dangerous operation and I doubt the US has the stomach for that. And Israel has already moved on to bombing Lebanon again.
SV_BubbleTime: I’m glad there are users are here to explain Middle East politics to Iranians.
jmyeet: Isn't it a weird coincidence that soon after the US and Israel started an unprovoked and unnecessary war (that billionaires will profit handsomely from, as an aside) that we get stories like this to manufacture consent?I belive that US tech firms have increasingly become valid military targets. There was a post about this yesterday [1]. BUT I don't think that extends to hospitals and medical supplies, regardless of who owns them or if they treat soldiers or not.But, as best as I can tell, the company has been inconvenienced, possibly massively. Let's put this in context. The US launched a Tomahawk missile at a school and killed 160 school girls.And I bet that if you look into pretty much any company hit by a hack, you'll find cost-cutting on IT to increase executive pay and bonuses.Between the Iran-Iraq war, which the US was responsible for, and decades of sanctions, the US has by this point killed millions of Iranians. The real problem here is the general ignorance of the average American of America's 70+ years of war crimes against Iran [2].I mean this as analysis, not justification. But at some point the incredulity at blowback rings hollow.[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47341007[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47342791
gzread: > The US launched a Tomahawk missile at a school and killed 160 school girls.I do believe President Trump stated it was an Iranian Tomahawk missile.
HotGarbage: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/us/politics/iran-school-m...
neodymiumphish: If you make justifications for non-military targets like that ("tech firms"), then it just becomes a matter of opinion on where we draw the line. _You_ don't think that extends to hospitals and medical supplies, but _they_ might, and you're moral compass is just as righteous as theirs.
stackskipton: Knowing InTune MDM setup, it has two modes, control a few apps or control entire phone. iOS will tell you during setup what's happening and I've been at plenty of companies where employees are told "It's just for our apps" but it's really full Device Control. $TwoCompaniesAgo tried that "It's just for our applications" but when I went to install it, iOS went "This is 100% full device control" and I rejected it.
skybrian: A problem with this line of reasoning is that the people killed by your hypothetical bombs are likely not the ones responsible for the previous attack, even if they do live in the same country. Warfare is in general a very poor system of justice and probably shouldn't be considered as such.
behnamoh: > unprovoked and unnecessary warthe islamic regime started ("provoked") this war 47 years ago and has been killing people inside and outside of the country ever since. Just in January they slaughtered their own people (35,000 people, maybe even more). So the war to take down this regime is also "necessary".
RobotToaster: Why stop there? The 1953 coup backed by the USA and UK overthrew the last democratically elected leader of Iran, because he was nationalising the oil.
gruez: >Isn't it a weird coincidence that soon after the US and Israel started an unprovoked and unnecessary war (that billionaires will profit handsomely from, as an aside) that we get stories like this to manufacture consent?Are you suggesting that's an inside job and/or false flag attack? If it's not a false flag attack, why imply that the reporting must be to "manufacture consent"? Shouldn't you expect major hacks to be reported?
jmyeet: No.I'm saying that the media suddenly covering stories like this isn't a coincidence. The media is a tool of the state to manufacture consent. Media literacy goes beyond just looking at the facts in a story. It's also what's not mentioned, how is it presented, what stories are written, what stories aren't and, most importantly, why.All social media companies manufacture consent for American foreign policy. Pretty much all American media does the same.I find all this particularly funny because our media does the exact thing we accuse the likes of Chinese media doing it. We just pretend it doesn't happen here or are oblivious to it.
akramachamarei: Astounding amount of censorship in these comments.
kelipso: Because they have nukes unlike Iran.
goatlover: And one wonders why Iran wants a nuke. It's not to wipe out Israel and the US as some hawks in Congress falsely claim. It's the same reason North Korea developed nukes. Terrible regimes, but they understand countries with nukes don't get bombed or invaded. That's Ukraine's tragedy.
RankingMember: yeah, if there's one clear takeaway from the US-involved conflicts of the past several decades, it's that nukes are the key to making the U.S. keep its hands to itself
b112: What a ridiculous comparison. This Iranian regime is responsible for the direct deaths of civilians, on purpose, due to both funding and direct acts of violence around the world. And yes, that includes countless children.Not to mention its own citizens, Iranian death squads, killing of women, there is literally no comparison between the purposeful, lack of any care or concern for life exhibited by Iran, and a literal accident with a missile.To highlight that point, the US cares enough to investigate and discover just how such an unfortunate act happened.
AshleyGrant: > there is literally no comparisonThere absolutely is a comparison. Both acts are evil. Just because Iran's regime has a history of even more heinous evil acts doesn't absolve the United States and Israel of their own evil acts.
