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Top 5 · 2026-02-21 · source-backed
Amazon Threat Intelligence documented the first empirically verified case of a low-skill, financially motivated actor using commercial generative AI tools to achieve nation-state-scale operations. Between January 11 and February 18, a Russian-speaking individual compromised 600+ FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries — no zero-days, just exposed management ports and weak credentials with AI handling tool development, attack planning, and lateral movement. This is the offensive mirror of the Clinejection story: AI is lowering the barrier to attack faster than defenders can respond. AWS Security Blog | The Hacker News
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