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Reuters leaky ElasticSearch DB

Reuters leaky ElasticSearch DB

Type
Research
Actors
Pub. date
October 26, 2022
Initial access
Software misconfig
Impact
Data exfiltration
Observed techniques
Public exposure abuse
Targeted technologies
Elasticsearch
References
https://cybernews.com/security/thomson-reuters-leaked-terabytes-sensitive-data/
Status
Stub
Last edited
Jun 2, 2024 11:57 AM
  • publicly exposed ElasticSearch databases
  • two DBs were designed to be publicly accessible
  • while the third was a non-production server
  • meant for collecting application logs from pre-production environment
  • contained access credentials to third-party servers in plaintext
  • possibly caused by misconfigured AWS ELB