# All shards are unassigned, no index name in \_cat/shards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/all-shards-are-unassigned-no-index-name-in--cat-shards/71455>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 13, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/all-shards-are-unassigned-no-index-name-in--cat-shards/71455 "2017-01-13T01:34:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/all-shards-are-unassigned-no-index-name-in--cat-shards/71455/4 "2017-01-13T02:32:50Z")

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Then you have been hit by [Ransom attack on Elasticsearch cluster?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ransom-attack-on-elasticsearch-cluster/71310)

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