A MongoDB database containing about 188 million records, mostly culled from websites and search engines, was exposed, researchers say. The exposed database included information from searches conducted on Pipl.com and LexisNexis. This is the second MongoDB data leak reported in the last three months. The root cause of the data leak is a lack of security in MongoDB, security experts say. MongoDB’s default security configuration restricts network access from the internet, not a user, they say.”]
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