Hackers Leak 15,000 FortiGate Device Configs, IPs, and VPN Credentials

A newly identified hacking group, the Belsen Group, has leaked critical data from over 15,000 FortiGate devices on the dark web, making sensitive technical details freely available to cybercriminals. The leak includes configuration files, IP addresses, and VPN credentials, significantly increasing security risks for affected organizations. 

Emerging on cybercrime forums and social media just this month, the Belsen Group has been actively promoting itself. As part of its efforts, the group launched a Tor website where it released the stolen FortiGate data, seemingly as a way to establish its presence in the hacking community. In a post on an underground forum, the group claimed responsibility for breaching both government and private-sector systems, highlighting this operation as its first major attack. 

The exposed data is structured within a 1.6 GB archive, organized by country. Each country’s folder contains multiple subfolders corresponding to specific FortiGate device IP addresses. Inside, configuration files such as configuration.conf store FortiGate system settings, while vpn-passwords.txt holds various credentials, some of which remain in plaintext. 

Cybersecurity researcher Kevin Beaumont examined the leak and confirmed that these files include firewall rules, private keys, and other highly sensitive details that could be exploited by attackers.

Further analysis suggests that the breach is linked to a known vuln

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