Don't Pay the MongoDB Ransom | Linux Today

Don’t Pay the MongoDB Ransom

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Christine Hall
Jan 12, 2017

The MongoDB ransomware attack is so easy that black hats are following each other to vulnerable sites. What this means to database owners is that once a ransom note has been received, a backup is the only option for restoring the lost data.

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Christine Hall

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