Amazon is warning that a Russian-speaking hacker used multiple generative AI services as part of a campaign that breached more than 600 FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries in five weeks.

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A Russian-speaking threat actor used AI to plan, manage and conduct cyberattacks on organisations with misconfigured firewalls in 55 countries in January and February, according to Amazon researchers.

The report warns CSOs that while AI is helping unsophisticated threat actors, failure to implement cybersecurity basics is fatal regardless of the attacker's skill.