# Belsen Group: threat group profile

> Belsen Group is a threat group. Public reporting about it is still limited. This free profile brings together what is known about it, so you can judge the risk to you. It lists the other names the group goes by and links to every public report behind it.

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## At a glance

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Attack techniques | 0 |
| Thought to operate from | Not known |
| Other names | 0 |
| Public reports | 2 |

## Who is Belsen Group?

Belsen Group is a threat group. Public reporting about it is still limited.

### What public reporting says

> The Belsen Group has exploited the CVE-2022-40684 vulnerability in Fortinet devices to compromise over 15,000 FortiGate firewalls, releasing detailed configurations and plaintext VPN credentials. Their leaked data, organized by country and IP address, primarily consists of configurations from FortiOS 7.0.6 and 7.2.1, which were the last vulnerable versions before patches were issued. Security researcher Kevin Beaumont confirmed that the group leveraged this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access and warned of potential exploitation of CVE-2024-55591 by similar threat actors. Fortinet has stated that the leaked data originates from older campaigns and not from any recent incidents.

## Public reports about Belsen Group

- https://www.fortinet.com/blog/psirt-blogs/analysis-of-threat-actor-data-posting
- https://socradar.io/fortigate-firewall-configs-cve-2022-40684-exploitation/

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### Who is Belsen Group?

Belsen Group is a threat group. Public reporting about it is still limited.

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