It's DNS. It's always DNS... (except when it's AI)
bluesky: we are pivoting to AI [site catches on fire] bluesky: this was not the fault of AI
Stephen Bromfield
@terribletech.bsky.social
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It's DNS. It's always DNS... (except when it's AI)
bluesky: we are pivoting to AI [site catches on fire] bluesky: this was not the fault of AI
I know an elite DFIR team that can investigate this, Bluesky
Our team received a report of intermittent app outages at about 11:40pm PDT on April 15, 2026. They worked through the night to mitigate a sophisticated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, which intensified throughout the day.
What happens when the FortiGate next-generation firewall protecting your network becomes the backdoor? 🚪 Our DFIR team has been tracking a wave of FortiGate NGFW compromises. The worst part? Most organizations lack the log retention to see how it happened. 🧵👇