AI-Powered Russian Threat Actor Breaches 600+ Fortinet FortiGate Firewalls Across 55 Countries — What It Means for Your Perimeter
Here’s the plot twist nobody asked for: no shiny zero-day. No bespoke nation-state exploit kit. Just exposed firewall management ports, weak passwords, and an attacker who outsourced scale and speed to generative AI. Between January 11 and February 18, 2025, a Russian-speaking threat actor compromised more than 600 Fortinet FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries—largely by…