Hasta La Gadget!

Heartbleed, the gaping flaw that left the internet’s security gate wide open for more than two years, is causing headaches for yet another site: the beleagured Healthcare.gov . The government says the site has not been compromised, but officials have reset all user passwords "out of an abundance of caution." Heartbleed’s not done causing heartburn yet.

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In the past 15 or so years, we’ve all learned to feel pretty safe on the internet. BigSite.com is surely handling your credit card information safely, at least as safely as any brick and mortar store . Maybe don’t be so sure; there’s been a bug lurking in one of the internet’s most important security measures for years, and it’s given attackers the keys to the kingdom. Enter Heartbleed.

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