Collaborate Disseminate
Voice messages from children sent through an internet-connected toy called CloudPets were stolen from an exposed MongoDB database, which has been wiped clean and the data held for ransom. Continue reading Children’s Voice Messages Leaked in CloudPets Database Breach
MongoDB databases are being hit by an attacker demanding a 0.2BTC ransom Continue reading Thousands of MongoDB databases compromised and held to ransom
Tens of thousands of personal and possibly proprietary databases that were left accessible to the public online have just been wiped from the Internet, replaced with ransom notes demanding payment for the return of the files. Adding insult to injury, it appears that virtually none of the victims who have paid the ransom have gotten their files back because multiple fraudsters are now wise to the extortion attempts and are competing to replace each other’s ransom notes. Continue reading Extortionists Wipe Thousands of Databases, Victims Who Pay Up Get Stiffed
Tens of thousands of personal and possibly proprietary databases that were left accessible to the public online have just been wiped from the Internet, replaced with ransom notes demanding payment for the return of the files. Adding insult to injury, it appears that virtually none of the victims who have paid the ransom have gotten their files back because multiple fraudsters are now wise to the extortion attempts and are competing to replace each other’s ransom notes. Continue reading Extortionists Wipe Thousands of Databases, Victims Who Pay Up Get Stiffed