Shodan Quotes

[En System Shock 2] La aventura transcurría en la estación espacial Citadel, que orbitaba alrededor de Júpiter y era controlada por Shodan, un ordenador de avanzada inteligencia artificial y apariencia femenina que aniquiló a todos los habitantes de la estación y que nosotros, asumiendo el papel de un hacker, debíamos desactivar.

check out the Shodan search engine for the Internet of Things. Here are thousands of links to Internet-connected devices – many of them accessible without a password – including private and public IP cameras. Tracking

The interesting part though, is that – by default – MongoDB does not require any authentication whatsoever. If someone has the (great) idea of exposing it on the internet without minimal security optimization, anybody can access its content. A quick search on Shodan48, a global internet search engine, gives an idea of just how many (unrestricted) MongoDBs there are in the wild