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Unprotected MongoDB Databases Wiped and Held for Ransom by Attacker
By David Bisson on Wed, 01/04/2017
An attacker is obtaining access to unprotected MongoDB databases, stealing and erasing their content, and holding them for ransom. On 27 December, security researcher Victor Gevers came across a MongoDB server that was open to external connections and that lacked a password on its admin account. This database didn't contain a lot of information. In...