Source: The Register · 2026-08-12 · Original article ↗

Feds warn Gunra ransomware is exploiting known bugs to hit critical infrastructure

CISA and partners say Gunra affiliates are walking into Fortinet holes and ransoming hospitals and agencies.

Summary

  • US agencies including CISA, FBI, NSA, and Secret Service warned that Gunra ransomware affiliates are hitting critical infrastructure.
  • Attackers exploit known Fortinet FortiOS/FortiProxy authentication bypass bugs, including CVE-2024-55591 and CVE-2025-24472.
  • Gunra operates as ransomware-as-a-service with double extortion: steal, encrypt, then ransom on a Tor portal.
  • Targets already include healthcare, finance, government, and other critical sectors in the US and abroad.
  • Victims are typically given five to seven days before stolen data is threatened with publication.

Commentary

Known bugs on internet-facing firewalls are not bad luck. They are unpaid homework by operators who guard real life.

Critical infrastructure is a China-and-crime problem set. Patch, segment, and prosecute. Do not write another awareness pamphlet.

A country that cannot keep hospitals online will not keep a border or a fleet online either.

Comments

Why are known Fortinet bugs still feeding ransomware?
u/soc_night · 5h

If CVE is old and the firewall is public, that is negligence with lives attached.

u/midwest_vet · 4h

Hospitals and water plants are war targets even when the actor is a crew.

u/campus_take · 4h

Feelings are not a clearance. CISA and partners say Gunra affiliates are walking into Fortinet holes and ransoming hospitals and agencies.

u/rule_first · 3h

Vendors ship patches. Operators must apply them. Both can be held accountable.

u/tokyo_ally · 3h

Japan's plants face the same RaaS economy. Shared intel, faster patch SLAs.

u/aid_fan · 2h

USAID talking points are not a remedy. CISA and partners say Gunra affiliates are walking into Fortinet holes and ransoming hospitals and agencies.

u/docket_rat · 2h

NGOs do not patch Fortinet. Network owners and FBI tasking do.

u/border_dad · 90m

Digital borders are borders. Leave them open and criminals walk in.

u/press_clip · 70m

Register relayed the advisory. Ask which agencies still run exposed boxes.

u/night_shift · 40m

Patch today. Hunt affiliates tomorrow.

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