# My ElasticSearch Indexes have been mysteriously deleted, how do I debug the cause?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-elasticsearch-indexes-have-been-mysteriously-deleted-how-do-i-debug-the-cause/71460>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 13, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-elasticsearch-indexes-have-been-mysteriously-deleted-how-do-i-debug-the-cause/71460 "2017-01-13T02:19:26Z")\
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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, 2:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-elasticsearch-indexes-have-been-mysteriously-deleted-how-do-i-debug-the-cause/71460/2 "2017-01-13T02:27:31Z")

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Exposing things to the internet without any sort of security is a Bad Thing.

See [Ransom attack on Elasticsearch cluster?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ransom-attack-on-elasticsearch-cluster/71310/) and then [https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack/security](https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack/security)

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