Fortinet Faces Embarrassing Data Breach: Cybersecurity Giant Caught with Pants Down
Fortinet disclosed a data breach after a threat actor, going by ‘Fortibitch,’ claimed to have stolen 440GB of files from their Microsoft SharePoint server. The company assures that only a limited number of files were accessed and there has been no malicious impact on customers or operations.
Hot Take:
Looks like Fortinet’s SharePoint server was not as ‘Forti-fied’ as they thought! Who knew the company’s own cloud security needed a little more… cloud security?
Key Points:
- Fortinet disclosed a data breach involving 440GB of files stolen from their Microsoft SharePoint server.
- The breach was carried out by a threat actor named ‘Fortibitch’.
- Fortinet claimed the breach affected a limited number of customer-related files and did not impact operations.
- The breach was discovered by the Australian Home Affairs department last month.
- Fortinet has not yet disclosed the number of impacted customers.
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