back to article Fortinet's week to forget: Critical vulns, disclosure screw-ups, and that toothbrush DDoS attack claim

We've had to write the word "Fortinet" so often lately that we're considering making a macro just to make our lives a little easier after what the company's reps will surely agree has been a week sent from hell. It all culminated this Friday with the disclosure of yet another critical security vulnerability in FortiOS, …

  1. wolfetone Silver badge

    "If a 24-hour wait is considered unprofessional, more than three days is a slap in the face."

    Apple: **still waiting for an announcement of holding their beers**

  2. Khaptain Silver badge

    Firmware update servers probably overloaded

    We had many failed attempts today trying to update our Fortis, the downloads just failed time after time, eventually we managed so stick with it..

  3. Dev_Fit
    Pirate

    Don't cross the Reg.

    1. mattaw2001

      And don't cross reporters in general, and read the article sent before publication! This is not hard, people.

  4. Claptrap314 Silver badge
    Megaphone

    Never argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel.

    That, now rather old, adage about the press sprang to mind one day as I was leaving the offices of a local rag (having given an interview). What I observed was a tanker truck pulling up to the building. On it's side was the word, "Red".

  5. simonorch

    To their credit, we were given a heads-up on the 6th to patch ASAP. A tricky balancing act for them 'Tell me I need to patch, without telling me I need to patch' sort of thing. By the way, no 7.0.14 patch as of yet for the brand new shiny 90/91G soc5 boxes.

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