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Data Breach: 2.3 Million Mexican Patient Records Exposed via MongoDB

Calendar Aug 08, 2018 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Highly sensitive data on over 2.3 million Mexican patients has been exposed via a misconfigured MongoDB installation. Bob Diachenko, formerly of the Kromtech Security Center, made the discovery via a simple Shodan search last week and claimed in a post that the data was viewable and editable for anyone without a password.

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