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FortiBleed - 75k Fortinet firewalls have admin passwords cracked
Approximately 75,000 Fortinet firewall admin passwords were exposed in a recent data leak discovered by Hunt Intelligence Inc, with the plaintext credentials extracted from device configuration exports. The compromised devices represent roughly 50% of all internet-facing Fortinet firewalls, and most remain online and accessible. The source and method of the breach remain unclear, though it may involve known CVEs or a previously unknown vulnerability.
Why it matters: Organizations with internet-exposed FortiGate management interfaces face immediate risk of unauthorized remote access to their networks and firewall configuration changes, necessitating urgent credential rotation, device audits for backdoors or unauthorized logins, and potential device replacement if compromise is suspected.
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- First seen by Cybersecurity Tracker
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Correction
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vulnerabilities
FortiBleed - 75k Fortinet firewalls have admin passwords cracked
Approximately 75,000 Fortinet firewall admin passwords were exposed in a recent data leak discovered by Hunt Intelligence Inc, with the plaintext credentials extracted from device configuration exports. The compromised devices represent roughly 50% of all internet-facing Fortinet firewalls, and most remain online and accessible. The source and method of the breach remain unclear, though it may involve known CVEs or a previously unknown vulnerability.
Why it matters: Organizations with internet-exposed FortiGate management interfaces face immediate risk of unauthorized remote access to their networks and firewall configuration changes, necessitating urgent credential rotation, device audits for backdoors or unauthorized logins, and potential device replacement if compromise is suspected.
- Source published
- First seen by Cybersecurity Tracker
Source attribution
Correction
Correction recorded as of .
vulnerabilities
FortiBleed - 75k Fortinet firewalls have admin passwords cracked
Approximately 75,000 Fortinet firewall admin passwords were exposed in a recent data leak discovered by Hunt Intelligence Inc, with the plaintext credentials extracted from device configuration exports. The compromised devices represent roughly 50% of all internet-facing Fortinet firewalls, and most remain online and accessible. The source and method of the breach remain unclear, though it may involve known CVEs or a previously unknown vulnerability.
Why it matters: Organizations with internet-exposed FortiGate management interfaces face immediate risk of unauthorized remote access to their networks and firewall configuration changes, necessitating urgent credential rotation, device audits for backdoors or unauthorized logins, and potential device replacement if compromise is suspected.
- Source published
- First seen by Cybersecurity Tracker