08 October 2026 - 18:41
Category: Breach
Admins Locked Out Of Their Own Boxes
Over 86,000 Fortinet firewalls have been hijacked by attackers who politely deleted the real admins' accounts. Good luck explaining that lockout to management.
Source: SecurityWeek
The Full Story
Why do we even bother setting up firewalls when attackers can simply brute-force their way into eighty-six thousand Fortinet devices across 194 countries? The intruders have helpfully solved our administrative workload by deleting original admin accounts entirely to ensure seamless lateral movement. Guarding against this absolute disaster requires preventing credential harvesting and putting an end to easily guessed administrative logins before the FBI has to break the news. Just another Tuesday in IT.
#AdminLockedOut
#FortinetFails