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Risky Bulletin: FortiBleed hacks involved a lot of traffic sniffing

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Risky Bulletin: FortiBleed hacks involved a lot of traffic sniffing

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Risky Bulletin: FortiBleed hacks involved a lot of traffic sniffing

A new analysis reveals the FortiBleed incident involved extensive traffic sniffing beyond credential theft. The White House issued an executive order establishing a 2031 deadline for post-quantum cryptography adoption. Meta inadvertently exposed employee keystroke data, and researchers found that approximately one-third of Samsung and LG televisions can be exploited as network proxies.

Why it matters: Organizations using Fortinet products must assess network traffic exposure from FortiBleed; federal agencies face a 2031 compliance deadline for post-quantum cryptography; Meta employees should monitor for keystroke data misuse; network administrators should evaluate television devices on their networks as potential security bypass vectors.

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