Secure your Microsoft system or suffer the same fate as Stryker US tells companies to secure corporate accounts

Date:
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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CISA says hackers are actively seeking targets and urges companies to bolster their defenses.

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CISA warns US firms after Stryker Intune wipe Urges stronger endpoint management configs, least privilege, MFA, multi-admin approvals FBI and Microsoft coordinating to counter Handala-linked Iranian hacktivists The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging businesses in the country to harden their endpoint management system configurations and avoid suffering the same fate as Stryker.

If you havent been paying attention, an Iranian hacking collective called Handala broke into Stryker, (allegedly) stole 50 terabytes of data, and then used a compromised Microsoft Intune admin account to wipe almost 80,000 company devices in just a few hours. The company was literally forced to operate on pen and paper due to the severity of the disruption. Article continues below You may like 'An unprecedented blow': US medtech giant
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devices Defending against Handala Earlier this week, CISA issued a new alert, saying it is aware of malicious cyber activity targeting endpoint management systems of US organizations based on the cyberattack against Stryker. It
urged businesses to bolster their defenses using Microsofts recommendations, and stressed it was coordinating with the FBI to identify additional threats.

Microsofts recommendations include: Using principles of least privileges for admin roles Using Intunes role-based access control to assign minimum permissions necessary Enforcing phishing-resistant multi-factor
authentication Using Microsoft Entra ID to block unauthorized access Configuring access policies to require Multi Admin Approval in Microsoft INtune Setting up policies that require a second admin accounts approval for sensitive and high-impact changes The principles of these recommendations can be applied to Intune and more broadly to other endpoint management software, CISA added.

Although it is not confirmed, many security researchers believe the attack on Stryker is the result of US and Israeli aggression against Iran. Handala claimed that in its operation over 200,000 systems, servers, and mobile devices have been wiped, and 50 terabytes of critical data have been extracted. Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the
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The group is being described as hacktivists linked to Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security, targeting mostly Israeli organizations around the world.

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