Fortinet says 'credential-harvesting campaign' is targeting its Firewalls and VPN devices
17/06/2026 20:47
Fortinet says 'credential-harvesting campaign' is targeting its Firewalls and VPN devices WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - Cybersecurity company Fortinet FTNT.O said Wednesday that it was aware of a "credential-harvesting campaign" targeting its firewall and VPN devices.
In a statement, the company said that hackers were drawing on data "from previous incidents" and "bruteforcing" credentials - describing a process by which hackers throw repeated guesses at a password in order to punch through into a target network or device.
Fortinet said the malicious cyber activity was "not related to any recent incident or advisory."
(Reporting by Raphael Satter, Editing by Franklin Paul)
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