Boston Scientific hit by cyberattack, global operations affected

Aug 26 : Boston Scientific said on Wednesday that a cybersecurity incident had disrupted global operations, including some information systems used to process and ship customer orders.The medical device maker said it detected the incident on August 25 and had activated incident-response procedures, working with third-party cybersecurity specialists to investigate and contain the threat.Shares of the company fell about 5 per cent premarket. • The incident is the latest in a series of cyberattacks to hit the healthcare sector, with medical device makers Abbott Laboratories, Stryker and Medtronic, health insurer Clover Health, drugmaker Novo Nordisk and drug-delivery equipment supplier West Pharmaceutical Services among those recently hit. • The attack is expected to continue affecting parts