New Delhi, April 3 -- The US-Iran war in the Middle East has seen a rather unusual turn - a surge of cyberattacks in companies sitting far away from the main battleground. On 11 March, a cyberattack on Portage, Michigan-based medical device maker Stryker shook the company. Days later, a pro-Iranian group calling itself the Handala, claimed responsibility for the attack stating that it was in retaliation to the attacks on Iran.

The cyberattack on Stryker affected the company's internal Microsoft software system, disrupting its order processing, manufacturing and shipping.

Not just Stryker, Handala also claimed to have hacked an email account of FBI director Kash Patel and leaked private information, including personal videos.

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