Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-02-10 00:00:00
Affected organization: Medtronic
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Manufacturing
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Industrial-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The computer networks of three big medical device makers are breached by unknown attackers likely interested in the companies' intellectual property. The companies in question are Medtronic, Boston Scientific and St. Jude Medical.