MongoDb 4.2 Implements Database End-to-End Field Level Encryption (Fle)The move will not help to protect databases from access by hackers but will at least make the data unreadable and therefore unusable. If something affects the attitude of database owners is that they are going to get even more reckless and lax. Nevertheless, accessing encrypted data without having the keys is expected to make scanning and breaching of databases much less attractive to the attackers, so this is bound to have a positive security effect.