Raychat, a startup company in Iran suffered a data breach incident that exposed millions of its user records after its systems were targeted in a cyberattack involving a bot.
The company used to store its user data on a misconfigured MongoDB database that left millions of documents vulnerable.
The attackers leveraged a bot attack and destroyed the database.
Source: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2021/02/iranian-chat-app-gets-its-data-wiped-out-in-a-cyberattack/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/raychat
"id": "ray0392622",
"linkid": "raychat",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "02/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
'location': 'Iran',
'name': 'Raychat',
'type': 'Startup Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Bot Attack',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Millions'},
'description': 'Raychat, a startup company in Iran suffered a data breach '
'incident that exposed millions of its user records after its '
'systems were targeted in a cyberattack involving a bot.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Millions of user records',
'systems_affected': 'MongoDB database'},
'title': 'Raychat Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Misconfigured MongoDB database'}