FortiGate Devices Exploited to Breach Networks and Steal Service Account Credentials

Source: The Hacker News
Published: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:21:00 GMT

News Summary

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign where threat actors are abusing FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) appliances as entry points to breach victim networks. The activity involves the exploitation of recently disclosed security vulnerabilities or weak credentials to extract configuration files containing service account credentials and network topology

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Original report: https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/fortigate-devices-exploited-to-breach.html

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