---
id: 5360
title: "ESET South Africa security lapse"
source_domain: hackenproof.com
source_url: "https://hackenproof.com/blog/eset-south-africa-security-lapse"
published_at: "2026-06-16 16:34"
tags: ["cloud", "cloud-security", "data-exposure", "shodan", "misconfiguration", "mongodb", "eset"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/5360"
lang: en
---

# ESET South Africa security lapse

## Summary

A security lapse report: an unprotected 50GB MongoDB instance that appeared to be part of ESET's cloud infrastructure was indexed by Shodan and exposed for anyone to view, access and edit.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackenproof.com
- **Published:** 2026-06-16 16:34
- **Original:** https://hackenproof.com/blog/eset-south-africa-security-lapse
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/5360