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MongoDB
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Ubisoft Shuts Down Rainbow Six Siege After MongoDB Exploit Hits Players
Over 87,000 MongoDB instances are at risk from a critical memory leak called MongoBleed. Following the chaos at Ubisoft, see how this zero-password flaw works and how to protect your data.
December 29, 2025
16TB of MongoDB Database Exposes 4.3 Billion Lead Gen Records
Cybersecurity researchers discovered an unsecured 16TB database exposing 4.3 billion professional records, including names, emails, and LinkedIn data. Learn what happened, why this massive data leak enables new scams, and how to protect your PII.
December 15, 2025
npm Malware Targets Crypto Wallets, MongoDB; Code Points to Turkey
Sonatype discovered ‘crypto-encrypt-ts’, a malicious npm package impersonating the popular CryptoJS library to steal crypto and personal data.…
May 1, 2025
Aussie Fintech Vroom Exposes Thousands of Records After AWS Misconfiguration
Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered a data exposure at Australian fintech Vroom by YouX, exposing 27,000 records, including driver's licenses, bank statements, and more.
March 27, 2025
MongoDB Breach Update: Names, Emails Exposed, Atlas Secured
MongoDB updated its status alert page with new details about the incident on December 17, 2023, at 9:00 PM EST.
December 18, 2023
Hackers Access Customer Info, Corporate Systems in MongoDB Data Breach
The latest cybersecurity incident to impact a large-scale and highly popular company is the MongoDB Data Breach.
December 16, 2023
US and China Exposed Most Databases Among 308,000 Discovered in 2021
In total, 308,000 unsecured databases were found exposing sensitive assets worldwide of which around 90,000 databases have already…
April 28, 2022
Storybooks for children app FarFaria exposed data of 3M users
According to FarFaria, its apps are "created for children ages 2-9" meaning that the incident exposed children to cybercriminals.
September 28, 2021
Hacker wipes out database of RSS newsreader service NewsBlur
Personal newsreader NewsBlur service has been restored after a hacker wiped out MongoDB data that was exposed to public access.
June 28, 2021
Hackers leak 260,000 accounts from Pakistani music streaming site Patari
Hackread.com informed Patari of the data breach almost a week ago yet the company did not receive any response whatsoever.
June 23, 2021