China state hackers infected 20,000 Fortinet VPNs, Dutch spy service says
Briefly

from Ars Technica7 months ago
Hackers gained access to more than 20,000 Fortinet VPN appliances using a critical vulnerability, CVE-2022-42475, allowing remote code execution with a severity rating of 9.8.
Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/security/2024/06/china-state-hackers-infected-20000-fortinet-vpns-dutch-spy-service-says/
Chinese state hackers installed a stealthy backdoor named CoatHanger on Fortigate appliances in the Dutch Ministry of Defence, evading traditional detection measures and residing even after reboots.
Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/security/2024/06/china-state-hackers-infected-20000-fortinet-vpns-dutch-spy-service-says/
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