600+ FortiGate Devices Hacked by AI-Armed Amateur

By Alexander Culafi

AI Summary

A Russian-speaking threat actor used generative AI tools to compromise over 600 FortiGate firewalls across 55+ countries, targeting credentials and backups for potential ransomware follow-on attacks. Amazon's threat intelligence team discovered the campaign, highlighting how adversaries are leveraging AI to scale traditional firewall exploitation techniques.

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Relevance score: 95.0/100

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