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Sead Fadilpašić

Thousands of FortiGate VPN systems hit by Chinese hackers

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Between 2022 and 2023, Chinese attackers managed to compromise at least 20,000 Fortinet devices, including some that belonged to the government of the Netherlands, reports have revealed.

The news, recently confirmed by the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD), also said the scope of the campaign was much larger than initially believed, now being thought to affect at least 20,000 compromised endpoints worldwide. 

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