Cybersecurity giant Fortinet suffered a data breach

Fortinet is one of the largest cybersecurity companies in the world, selling secure networking products like firewalls, routers, and VPN devices. The company also offers SIEM, network management, and EDR/XDR solutions, as well as consulting services.

Early this morning, a threat actor posted to a hacking forum that they had stolen 440GB of data from Fortinet's Azure Sharepoint instance.

A later update shared on Fortinet's website says that the incident affected less than 0.3% of its customer base and that it has not resulted in any malicious activity targeting customers.

The cybersecurity company also confirmed that the incident did not involve any data encryption, ransomware, or access to Fortinet's corporate network.