Stryker shares fall after report on suspected Iran-linked cyberattack

March 11 (Reuters) - Stryker's shares fell about 3% on Wednesday after the ‌Wall Street Journal reported that ‌the medical equipment maker was hit by a ​suspected Iran-linked cyberattack.

The company is experiencing a global outage across its systems. Staff and contractors have claimed that the ‌logo of an ⁠Iran-linked hacking group has appeared on the login pages, the ⁠report said.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

The outages began shortly after midnight ​on the ​East Coast, ​WSJ said, citing people ‌familiar with the matter.

The company's staff found that remote devices running Microsoft's Windows operating system - such as cellphones, laptops and others configured to connect to ‌Stryker's technology systems - had ​been wiped.

Stryker did not ​immediately respond ​to Reuters' request for comment.

The ‌logo of Handala, a ​pro-Palestinian hacking ​group, appeared on login pages, according to people familiar with the matter ​and ‌social media posts, the report said.

(Reporting ​by Christy Santhosh in Bengaluru; Editing ​by Shreya Biswas)