Amazon: AI-assisted hacker breached 600 FortiGate firewalls in 5 weeks

By Lawrence Abrams

AI Summary

Amazon warned that a Russian-speaking hacker used multiple generative AI services to breach more than 600 FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries in just five weeks. This campaign represents a significant escalation in AI-assisted cyberattacks, with threat actors weaponizing commercial AI tools to automate and scale network infrastructure compromises.

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