Elasticsearch started life as a document database sitting atop the Lucene text search engine library. It was soon joined by related applications, and the preferred acronym for the Elasticsearch ...

Another day, another data breach involving misconfigured and unsecured cloud storage, and today’s episode involves Family Tree Maker, a genealogy service from The Software MacKeiv Co. Discovered ...

The database contained sensitive information related to the company's internal systems, device data, and the staff An unsecured Elasticsearch database belonging to Honda Motor Company was found ...

A publicly accessible ElasticSearch database exposed a huge trove of information on the global internal network of automotive giant Honda, showcasing potential security vulnerabilities and ...

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The internet-facing instances are currently being accessed by attackers who remove the vulnerable databases and leave a ransom note instead.

Exposed Elasticsearch Database Compromises Data on 8M People Personal data exposed includes full names, physical and email addresses, birthdates, phone numbers, and IP addresses.

A campaign targeting poorly secured Elasticsearch databases has deleted their contents and dropped ransom notes on 450 instances, demanding a payment of $620 to give them back their indexes ...

After news broke that an Elasticsearch server belonging to several online casinos was left without a password, independent security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered another unprotected ...

An Elasticsearch database with more than 134 million records belonging to car maker Honda Motor Co. was discovered unsecured online by a security researcher earlier this month in yet another case ...