By default, MongoDB doesn't listen on the public interface so it won't be exposed to the Internet - it only listens to localhost. Old versions of MongoDB had ba

By default, MongoDB doesn't listen on the public interface so it won't be exposed to the Internet - it only listens to localhost. Old versions of MongoDB had bad defaults but that hasn't been the case in years: https://blog.shodan.io/its-still-the-data-stupid/ https://blog.shodan.io/its-still-the-data-stupid/