Data for an unknown number of FitMetrix users was left exposed on the Internet via a cluster of ElasticSearch servers, a security researcher has discovered. The servers, which were not secured with an ...

For the past two weeks, a hacker has been breaking into Elasticsearch servers that have been left open on the internet without a password and attempting to wipe their content, while also leaving the ...

A misconfigured, Mailfire-owned Elasticsearch server impacted 70 dating and e-commerce sites, exposing PII and details such as romantic preferences. Users of 70 different adult dating and e-commerce ...

Although the data was legitimately scraped by legally operating firms, the security and privacy implications are numerous. An open Elasticsearch server has exposed the rich profiles of more than 1.2 ...