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January 23, 2020 15:16
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A JavaScript to show the possibility of clients not using client-side field level encryption may still be able to accidentally insert plain text data.
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// Insert another document from plainDB object with plain text. | |
// Remember the previous inserts were on csfleDB object (with Field-Level encryption options) | |
plainDB.getCollection("patients").insert({ | |
"_id": 3, | |
"medRecNum": 3, | |
"firstName": "Jason", | |
"lastName": "Doe", | |
"ssn": "333-33-3333", | |
"mobile": "333-333-3333", | |
"comment": "Jason Doe SSN/Phone should have been encrypted, but the app/dev forgot to do so." | |
}); | |
plainDB.getCollection("patients").findOne({"_id": 3}); | |
// You could see that data is stored in plain text because | |
// someone happened to insert plain text by mistake | |
/* | |
{ | |
"_id": 3, | |
"medRecNum": 3, | |
"firstName": "Jason", | |
"lastName": "Doe", | |
"ssn": "333-33-3333", | |
"mobile": "333-333-3333", | |
"comment": "James Bond SSN/Phone should have been encrypted, but the app/dev forgot to do so." | |
} | |
*/ |
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