Over 16,000 Fortinet Devices Compromised with Symlink Backdoor

Over 16,000 Fortinet devices exposed on the Internet have been detected as compromised by a new symlink backdoor. This backdoor allows read-only access to sensitive files on previously compromised devices. The specific technical details of the symlink backdoor are not mentioned in the article. The current impact is that thousands of Fortinet devices are vulnerable to unauthorized access to sensitive information.