Amazon: AI-assisted hacker breached 600 Fortinet firewalls in 5 weeks
Article updated at the bottom with additional technical details about this campaign.
Amazon is warning that a Russian-speaking hacker used multiple generative AI services as part of a campaign that breached more than 600 FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries in five weeks.
A new report by CJ Moses, CISO of Amazon Integrated Security, says that the hacking campaign occurred between January 11 and February 18, 2026, and did not rely on any exploits to breach Fortinet firewalls.
Instead, the thre...
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