MAD-CAT

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MAD-CAT (Meow Attack Data Corruption Automation Tool) is a security testing program designed to simulate data corruption attacks on six database platforms: MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Redis, CouchDB, and Hadoop HDFS. It allows for both single-target tests and bulk CSV attack campaigns, with options for scenarios that include credentials or not. This enables security teams to evaluate how well their databases can withstand corruption threats. Security experts can utilize MAD-CAT to examine data integrity measures and verify backup and recovery processes across various database setups within their systems.