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FortiBleed leak exposes Fortinet VPN credentials for 73,000 devices.

A newly discovered data leak dubbed "FortiBleed" has exposed what appears to be a collection of Fortinet and FortiGate VPN credentials for 73,932 firewall URLs at organizations worldwide.

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A data leak named “FortiBleed” has revealed VPN credentials for 73,932 Fortinet and FortiGate firewall URLs worldwide. Security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered a server that appeared to hold valid Fortinet VPN credentials, including usernames, email addresses, and plaintext passwords. The leak exposes sensitive login information that could allow unauthorized access to the affected organizations’ VPN services. No further details about the scope of the compromise or remediation steps are provided.

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