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Hacker Infiltrates 22,900 Unsecured MongoDB Databases to Demand Ransom
An unknown hacker took control of over 22,900 unsecured MongoDB databases that were left online without password protection, a number that accounts for roughly47%...
Cybercriminals Attacked Unsecured Databases 18 Times Per Day
Every minute is an opportunity for threat actors when they found a server left online unsecured. A latest security experiment by Comparitech led by...
Unprotected Server Exposes Facebook Scraped Data of 12 Mn Users in Vietnam
Security researchers at Safety Detectives discovered an open Elasticsearch server containing scraped data related to 12 million Facebook users in Vietnam, which raised concerns...
“db8151dd” An Untraceable Data Breach: 22 Mn Emails Compromised
Security researcher Troy Hunt discovered an open Elasticsearch database containing around 22 million of email records. The researcher has said that he has not...
Cybercriminals Trade 267 Mn Facebook Accounts’ Info on Dark Web
Cybersecurity firm Cyble found hackers selling over 267 million Facebook records for £500 (US$623) on dark websites and hacker forums. In a blog post,...
Unprotected Elasticsearch Server Leaks 5 Billion Records
There have been multiple Elasticsearch database breaches, but this is unusual and one of the biggest to date. Around 5,088,635,374 records (more than five...