In a heartwarming twist of irony, a newly discovered flaw in Fortinet’s FortiWeb has been delighting hackers by granting admin accounts as if handing out participation trophies at a high school track meet. Fortinet, ever the generous software giant, was shocked to find that its web application firewall was functioning more like a welcome mat for cyber delinquents.
“We knew our products were user-friendly, but we may have outdone ourselves,” said an anonymous spokesperson. “It’s not every day you empower unauthorized users to feel so authorized.” Meanwhile, hackers are reportedly lining up to exploit the bug, with some even forming a union demanding recognition for their prompt and frequent logins.
Security researchers are sounding the alarm, but hackers have already voted to make the Fortinet development team honorary members of their group. It’s a collaboration nobody asked for but one that will live in the annals of cybersecurity as a glaring reminder of why sometimes, logging in shouldn’t be so easy it requires a CAPTCHAโfor robots, not humans.

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