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Heartbleed is one of the biggest internet threats on the planet.

Detected in early April, 2014, Heartbleed is a disastrous computer bug with the potential to divulge website encryption keys, usernames, passwords, and user info to criminal hackers. The vulnerability was found in OpenSSL, a preferred cryptographic tool created to secure communications between a user’s browser and a web server. The way to tell if you are on one of these potentially affected sites is to look for a padlock sign ...