According to a study from the Ransomnews Research Team, researchers tracking exposed databases over the past five years found 2,931 MySQL instances reachable from the open internet. 2,930 of them carried ransom or wipe notes. That is not a sample of the unlucky. It is effectively the entire population. Exposing a MySQL server to the internet in 2026 … Continue reading 2,930 of 2,931 Exposed MySQL Databases Were Already Marked by Ransomware. The Playbook Is Six Years Old.