What You Need to Know About a Major Internet Security Hole Called the Heartbleed BugLily Dane Here is an overview of the bug and how it works: Yan Zhu of the Electronic Frontier Foundation explained how the bug operates in more detail in her article Why the Web Needs Perfect Forward Secrecy More Than Ever: In case you didnt catch it, this bug has been around since 2011. CNET also said that a site called LastPass can be used to check websites to see for their Heartbleed patch status. It has been reported that the NSA used Heartbleed for intelligence for years. According to Bloomberg.com, the NSA kept the bug secret in order to exploit its capabilities: A statement by Michael Sutton, vice president of security research at Zscaler, a San Jose, California-based security firm, sums up the seriousness of the bug and its potential impacts: Lily Dane is a staff writer for The Daily Sheeple, where this first appeared. Her goal is to help people to Wake the Flock Up! 