# Ransom attack on Elasticsearch cluster?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ransom-attack-on-elasticsearch-cluster/71310>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 12, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ransom-attack-on-elasticsearch-cluster/71310 "2017-01-12T04:47:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bhavana](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavana/32/12221_2.png) [@Bhavana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhavana)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ransom-attack-on-elasticsearch-cluster/71310/13 "2017-01-13T13:47:32Z")

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Our ES cluster is also hacked . All the indices were removed and a warning message is shown . please suggest some security measures .

Thanks

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