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Comment by kristofferR | Hacker News Reader

It seems like this is a MongoDB database.

Scanning the US IP ranges for Linux hosts (as mentioned in the article) with port 27017 open with ZMap and then running a script that connects to the open database and saves the size of the database in a file would be a good place to start for those who want to find it.

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Undoubtedly, the torrent will be available in a matter of hours. Let someone else do the dirty work.

Haven't found one yet. Have you?

Someone mentioned a private torrent but I can't confirm (no access): https://www.voat.co/v/technology/comments/752962

Also a good way to go to jail. Please think long and hard before accessing random computers on the internet. The fact that they are unprotected is unfortunate but irrelevant.

While you might appear to be overly cautious, I'm going to agree with you. Better to not be wrapped up in the witch hunt especially once we know authorities are investigating

im interested in the legality argument against this - if it is illegal how do sites like this operate?

https://www.shodan.io/search?query=port%3A27017+country%3AUS...

or even https://scans.io/ which uses something like https://zmap.io/

Not saying you're wrong, wondering where the line is if there is one.

Port scans (what Shodan does) are in a grey area. Actually using the port scan data to connect to a networked service and exfiltrate data is definitely illegal.

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