According to the media, at least. Who knows how serious it really is or whether it's a real threat.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...#axzz2yMDpu3wn
SAN FRANCISCO — The discovery of a significant flaw in software that was supposed to provide extra protection for thousands of websites has thrown the tech world into chaos as experts scrambled to understand the scope of the vulnerability.
On Tuesday, Tumblr, which is owned by Yahoo, became the largest website to disclose that it had been hit by the "Heartbleed Bug" and urged users to change not just the password for its site but for all others as well.
But signaling just how much uncertainty and confusion surrounds the glitch, security experts warned that such a gesture might actually be useless because if a site has not fixed the problem hackers could just as easily steal the new password.
Although security analysts wouldn't go as far as telling users to stay off the Internet completely, they said users should avoid doing anything sensitive like online banking. If it's necessary to go online, check to see whether a service has said whether they are affected or whether they have fixed the problem.
"The scope of this is immense," said Kevin Bocek, vice president of security strategy and threat intelligence for Venafi, a Salt Lake City cybersecurity company.
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