Cybersecurity giant Fortinet has confirmed it suffered a data breach after a threat actor claimed to steal 440GB of files from the company's Microsoft Sharepoint server.

Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT) confirmed a data breach after a hacker claimed to have gained access to files from the cybersecurity company's Microsoft (MSFT) Sharepoint server, according to a report by BleepingComputer on Thursday afternoon.

The settlement with the Federal Communications Commission resolves an investigation of a cyberattack that saw almost 9 million customer records exposed.

Cyber security firm Fortinet has confirmed it suffered a data breach after a new user on a hacking forum published an alleged 440GB of stolen data. Fortinet is the world’s third-largest cyber security firm behind Palo Alto and CrowdStrike.

Fortinet has confirmed a data breach and loss of 440 GB of customer data, which was published online after it refused to pay ransom.

A threat actor accessed ‘a limited number of files stored on Fortinet’s instance of a third-party cloud-based shared file drive,’ the security vendor says.

Major cybersecurity firm Fortinet has disclosed having information from fewer than 0.3% of its customers compromised following a cyberattack against its Microsoft Azure SharePoint server by the threat actor Fortibitch,

The files included “limited data related to a small number of Fortinet customers,” the announcement added, stating that this affects less than 0.3% of its user base. The company then said that its operations have not been impacted by the attack,

Cybersecurity vendor Fortinet disclosed that “less than 0.3 percent” of customers were impacted in the compromise of its cloud file-share environment — though that still equates to a potential 1,500 customers affected.

On Thursday, cybersecurity giant Fortinet disclosed a breach involving customer data. In a statement posted online, Fortinet said an individual