The bug itself may be called “Heartbleed,” but what should really get your blood pumping is the potential loss of your members' personally identifiable information, including credit card data and passwords.
The bug, which has been on the Internet undetected for roughly two years, did not attack individual websites or companies like recent hacks into the systems of Target, Mt. Gox, and others. Instead, Heartbleed exploited a flaw in the code that was designed to keep servers secure.
Tens of thousands of servers that house data for thousands of websites could be affected by the bug. In essence, all Internet users who conduct business transactions or even have passwords saved on websites could be affected.
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Zach Warren
Zach Warren is the editor-in-chief of Legaltech News. Based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Zach has been with LTN since 2015. He can be reached at [email protected].
