Hackers have apparently hijacked potentially thousands of vulnerable MongoDB databases and demanded ransoms for the return of critical data. Some victims are instructed to send 0.2 bitcoins, worth about $194, to a specific Bitcoins address to recover their data. Security experts are warning organizations to take immediate risk mitigation steps, including hardening and updating databases and ensuring disaster recovery plans reflect the emerging threat. More than 1,800 Mongo databases have been taken over so far, according to statistics collected by Shodan, a search engine.”]
Source: https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/blogs/database-hijackings-whos-next-p-2355