02/24/2026
For those responsible for tech or cybersecurity...is has been observed by AWS that a Fortigate firewall appliances (both virtual and physical) have been recently exploited...see: https://1l.ink/MDJ4TZR
This was not due to a specific vulnerability, but rather due to exposed device configurations...the attacker was evidently relatively unsophisticated, but managed to compromise as many as 600 or more appliances.
The exploits occurred due to configurations which exposed the firewall management ports to the Internet.