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Boston Scientific
CIK
0000885725
SIC
3841
Event
8-K Item 1.05 · cyber incident
Identified
2026-08-25
Filed
2026-09-08
Overall
Moderate to Elevated
Audit trailOpen memo

With and without the event

Boston Scientific: outage scenarios

The filing does not state a duration, so the engine runs three outage lengths and reports a range, never a point.

Shock, computed in code

lost EBITDA = EBITDA × affected share × disruption fraction × days / 365
Affected share
1.0 Derived upper bound: affected segment not identified (2 reportable segments)
Disruption fraction
0.5 internal calibration partial disruption
Outage days
Low 7 · Base 21 · High 42 scenario, internal calibration

Scenarios side by side

lost EBITDA = EBITDA × affected share × disruption fraction × days / 365
MeasurePre-eventLow · 7 daysBase · 21 daysHigh · 42 days
Lost EBITDA (USD m)n/a48Derived143Derived287Derived
FFO to debt35.9%Verified35.4%Verified34.6%Verified33.4%Verified
Debt to EBITDA2.30xVerified2.32xVerified2.36xVerified2.44xVerified
Ratio band movedn/aNoNoNo
Business risk tiern/aModerateElevatedElevated
Overall tiern/aHighHighHigh

Quantification pass

When the next 10-Q or guidance states the cost, lost revenue and any insurance recovery, those figures replace the scenarios and the issuer is re-scored as a new row on the audit trail. The first score is never edited.