The U.S.-based MedTech giant Stryker in an update shared late Thursday night confirmed that its supply chain has been impacted adversely with no timeline in place for a full restoration due to the cyberattack claimed by Iran-linked hacker collective - the Handala group.

While Stryker maintained that the root of the global disruption is an intrusion in its Microsoft environment, it now added that the incident is contained to its "own internal systems" and not spilled over to its customers. "Our connected products are not impacted and are safe to use," the update said.

Based on reports on several social media platforms, Handala allegedly used data wiper malware in this campaign, in accor...