Medical device maker Boston Scientific says a cyberattack is causing a ‘global disruption’ to its operations
Medical device maker Boston Scientific says a cyberattack is causing a ‘global disruption’ to its operations
医疗设备制造商波士顿科学公司称遭受网络攻击，导致其业务出现“全球性中断”
A cyberattack on U.S. medical device maker Boston Scientific is causing an ongoing “global disruption” to its operations, according to a federal regulatory filing on Wednesday. This is the latest health tech giant to face a cyberattack in recent weeks. 根据周三提交的一份联邦监管文件，美国医疗设备制造商波士顿科学公司（Boston Scientific）遭受了一次网络攻击，导致其业务出现持续的“全球性中断”。这是近期又一家遭遇网络攻击的医疗科技巨头。
The Massachusetts-based company, which makes medically implanted devices like pacemakers and defibrillators, confirmed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that on Tuesday it began experiencing “disruptions and limitations of access” to its IT systems and business applications critical for its operations. 这家总部位于马萨诸塞州的公司主要生产心脏起搏器和除颤器等植入式医疗设备。该公司在提交给美国证券交易委员会（SEC）的文件中证实，从周二开始，其关键的IT系统和业务应用程序出现了“中断和访问受限”的情况。
Boston Scientific said the cyberattack has affected its ability to ship and process orders, but has not said whether the disruption extends to customers with medical devices and implants. When asked by TechCrunch, Boston Scientific spokesperson Chanel Hastings shared the company’s public statement but would not comment on whether patients are affected by the cyberattack, say what steps patients should take, or answer questions about the nature of the incident. 波士顿科学公司表示，此次网络攻击影响了其发货和处理订单的能力，但并未说明这种中断是否波及到使用其医疗设备和植入物的客户。当TechCrunch询问时，波士顿科学公司发言人香奈儿·黑斯廷斯（Chanel Hastings）分享了公司的公开声明，但拒绝评论患者是否受到此次网络攻击的影响，也未说明患者应采取何种措施，或回答有关事件性质的问题。
Boston Scientific treats around 48 million patients a year, according to its website. The company’s public statement said that its investigation is ongoing and that a timeline for its restoring its systems is not yet known. It’s not clear what caused the cyberattack at Boston Scientific. 据其官网显示，波士顿科学公司每年治疗约4800万名患者。公司的公开声明称，调查工作仍在进行中，目前尚不清楚系统恢复的时间表。目前尚不清楚导致波士顿科学公司遭受网络攻击的原因。
Local media in Ireland reported that thousands of staff across Boston Scientific’s campus in Cork were sent home on Tuesday after network communications were cut across the company. Boston Scientific is the latest health technology company to have been hacked this year, including medical device makers Abbott Laboratories and Medtronic. 爱尔兰当地媒体报道称，周二公司网络通信中断后，波士顿科学公司位于科克（Cork）园区的数千名员工被遣送回家。波士顿科学公司是今年继雅培（Abbott Laboratories）和美敦力（Medtronic）等医疗设备制造商之后，最新一家遭到黑客攻击的医疗科技公司。
Earlier this year, Iranian-backed hackers were blamed for a cyberattack on U.S. medical device maker Stryker, which allowed the hackers to remotely wipe tens of thousands of employee devices across its Windows network by abusing a centralized device management portal provided by Microsoft. According to public internet records, Boston Scientific relies largely on Microsoft and Amazon Web Services for its corporate infrastructure. 今年早些时候，美国医疗设备制造商史赛克（Stryker）遭受网络攻击，据称是伊朗支持的黑客所为。黑客通过滥用微软提供的集中式设备管理门户，远程清除了该公司Windows网络中数以万计的员工设备。根据公开的互联网记录，波士顿科学公司的企业基础设施主要依赖微软和亚马逊云科技（AWS）。
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