Held to Ransom: 1,200 Unsecured Elasticsearch Databases

ICYMI: Finding, Deleting and Ransoming Cloud Databases Remains Easy, Researchers Warn
Memo to IT administrators: If you store data in the cloud in an unsecure manner, expect extortionists to come calling. To wit, security researchers at Secureworks recently found more than 1,200 cloud-based, unsecured Elasticsearch databases that had been forcibly encrypted, leaving only a ransom note.
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