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Comment by conesus

In case anybody's interested, here's what the "hack" looks like:

    nbset:PRIMARY> show dbs
    READ__ME_TO_RECOVER_YOUR_DATA   0.000GB
    admin                           0.000GB
    local                          16.471GB
    newsblur                        0.718GB
    
    nbset:PRIMARY> use READ__ME_TO_RECOVER_YOUR_DATA
    switched to db READ__ME_TO_RECOVER_YOUR_DATA
    
    nbset:PRIMARY> show collections
    README
    system.profile
    
    nbset:PRIMARY> db.README.find()
    { "_id" : ObjectId("60d3e112ac48d82047aab95d"), "content" : "All your data is a backed up. You must pay 0.03 BTC to XXXXXXFTHISGUYXXXXXXX 48 hours for recover it. After 48 hours expiration we will leaked and exposed all your data. In case of refusal to pay, we will contact the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR and notify them that you store user data in an open form and is not safe. Under the rules of the law, you face a heavy fine or arrest and your base dump will be dropped from our server! You can buy bitcoin here, does not take much time to buy https://localbitcoins.com or https://buy.moonpay.io/ After paying write to me in the mail with your DB IP: [email protected] and you will receive a link to download your database dump." }
parent conesus 5 years ago

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