Over 3.6M MySQL Servers Found Unguarded Online

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Researchers at The Shadowserver Foundation have unearthed over 3.6 million MySQL susceptible MySQL servers on the internet, making them a lucrative target to attackers and extortionists. 

In scans conducted last week, researchers identified 3.6 million exposed MySQL servers using the default port, TCP port 3306. Out of 3.6 million, 2.3 million of these servers are linked over IPv4, while 1.3 million devices are connected over IPv6.

“While we do not check for the level of access possible or exposure of specific databases, this kind of exposure is a potential attack surface that should be closed,” explains the report from Shadow Server.

The country with the most accessible IPv4 servers is the United States (at more than 740,000), followed by China (just shy of 300,000), and Germany (at roughly 175,000). 

The US also leads when it comes to accessible IPv6 MySQL servers (with close to 461,000 instances) followed by the Netherlands (at over 296,000),

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