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Re: Database leak exposes 3.3M Hello Kitty fans

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> Update 2: Earlier this afternoon, Chris Vickery confirmed that the three IP addresses that were disclosing user information have been secured. The issue wasn't a hack, but a misconfigured MongoDB installation.

> The source of the configuration error isn't clear, as neither the ISP nor Sanrio has answered questions on the matter.

A MongoDB database open to the outside world on a public IP address?

Re: Database leak exposes 3.3M Hello Kitty fans

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> Update 2: Earlier this afternoon, Chris Vickery confirmed that the three IP addresses that were disclosing user information have been secured. The issue wasn't a hack, but a misconfigured MongoDB installation. > The source of the configuration error isn't clear, as neither the ISP nor Sanrio has answered questions on the matter. A MongoDB database open to the outside world on a public IP address?

i.e. the default configuration

But yeah, that's not good.

Re: Database leak exposes 3.3M Hello Kitty fans

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> Update 2: Earlier this afternoon, Chris Vickery confirmed that the three IP addresses that were disclosing user information have been secured. The issue wasn't a hack, but a misconfigured MongoDB installation. > The source of the configuration error isn't clear, as neither the ISP nor Sanrio has answered questions on the matter. A MongoDB database open to the outside world on a public IP address?

i.e. the default configuration But yeah, that's not good.

Oh I see. Assumed it was like mysql/mariadb where secure_installation by default asks to remove access from outside.

It also implies frontend server includes the DB, typically a sysadmin would de-couple it so this shows lack of experience.

Re: Database leak exposes 3.3M Hello Kitty fans

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> Update 2: Earlier this afternoon, Chris Vickery confirmed that the three IP addresses that were disclosing user information have been secured. The issue wasn't a hack, but a misconfigured MongoDB installation. > The source of the configuration error isn't clear, as neither the ISP nor Sanrio has answered questions on the matter. A MongoDB database open to the outside world on a public IP address?

These things happen to the best: In 2001, the World Economic Forum had their MS-SQLServer with personal data of the participants connected to the Internet. With the standard account enabled (user: "sa", password: empty). It then got "hacked" and the data leaked.

German article about it: https://www.woz.ch/-41f8

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