Unsecured Elasticsearch and MongoDB databases have been targeted in hacking attacks that erase all data. There are no ransom demands. These are being called Meow Attacks because they leave a telltale ...

But as the Elasticsearch example suggests, developers aren’t nearly so simpleminded.

For the past two weeks, a hacker has been breaking into Elasticsearch servers that have been left open on the internet without a password and attempting to wipe their content, while also leaving the ...