<p>I recently came across the <a href="http://thehackernews.com/2015/02/mongodb-database-hacking.html">article</a> which explains how three German students found 40,000 open MongoDB databases on the web. Is this really a MongoDB vulnerability ? Do you think MongoDB users should have taken basic security measures like stopping HTTP access, binding to localhost etc?</p>

I recently came across the [article](http://thehackernews.com/2015/02/mongodb-database-hacking.html) which explains how three German students found 40,000 open MongoDB databases on the web. Is this really a MongoDB vulnerability ? Do you think MongoDB users should have taken basic security measures like stopping HTTP access, binding to localhost etc?

40,000 unsecure MongoDB databases found by three German students. Is this really MongoDB's fault?

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