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Hackers are exploiting a new Fortinet firewall bug to breach company networks


Security researchers say "tens" of Fortinet devices have been compromised so far as part of the weeks-long hacking campaign.

In an advisory published Tuesday, security product maker Fortinet confirmed that a critical-rated vulnerability in its FortiGate firewalls, tracked as CVE-2024-55591, is “being exploited in the wild.” Cybersecurity company Arctic Wolf said in a blog post last week that its researchers observed a recent “mass exploitation” campaign affecting Fortinet FortiGate firewall devices with management interfaces exposed to the public internet. In September, Fortinet disclosed a breach involving customer data after an attacker accessed “a limited number of files” stored on a third-party shared cloud drive belonging to the organization.

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