If you’ve been under a rock the past week, you may not be aware that many of your online accounts might have been compromised by the heartbleed bug. The security breach is with the servers you have been logging into (e.g. Gmail, instant messaging, Facebook, Instagram, Netflix, Dropbox, etc.), so the best thing that you can do is change your passwords for those accounts sooner rather than later.
Mashable has compiled a great list of accounts that may have been affected including social networks, email providers, online shopping sites, financial institutions and more. Bottom line, now might be a good time to update your passwords and continue to do so on a regular basis.
Geneseo’s CIT NewsBytes offers some other tips as well and will continue to update the campus on this issue.
