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Heartbleed bug

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About
The heartbleed bug is a fault in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic which allows exploters to use the bug to gain acsess to a SSL server private keys by reading its memory

Origin
The bug comes from a fault in the programming of the software, those affected are OpenSSL 1.0.2-beta, and OpenSSL 1.0.1.

Spread
The bug was discovered on April 10, 2014, but audit logs indicate that it was known for about five months prior to re-discovery
Since then most affected sites have patched the issue.
List of the said affected sites (And ones that have fixed it)

Akamai Technologies
Amazon Web Service
Ars Technica
Bitbucket
BrandVerity
GitHub
IFTTT
PeerJ
SoundCloud
SourceForge
SparkFun
Stripe (company)
Tumblr
Wattpad
Wikimedia (including Wikipedia)
Wunderlist
Steam community
Reddit

There is a site that allows user to enter a URL and check if the link is safe from the bug (URL needed)
A official image has been created to help spread awareness


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