The recently discovered threat known as “Heartbleed”, has been leaving personal information shared over seemingly secure websites vulnerable for the last two years. The encryption technology SSL/TLS, marked by the padlock and “https:” has only one variant affected, which is the most commonly used OpenSSL. While there is now a way to close the security hole, it’s recommended that you change all passwords everywhere, but only once the affected service has installed the Heartbleed fix.
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