The problem lies with OpenSSL 1.0.1, which contains a vulnerability that could disclose sensitive private information to an attacker. You can find more information at Heartbleed.com on the specifics.
What can you do to protect yourself, well, that's a great question. Since this is a software issue, as consumers we get to wait until an update has been made. Once that happens, assume that your information has been compromised, and change all sensitive information (for example, passwords).
Now I could get into the technical stuff, but you can read the full story at the link above. The important thing for you is that you need to go and change ALL your passwords to ALL your accounts. Wait, before you stop reading and go do this, you need to make sure that the problem was fixed before you make changes, or you could just be potentially just giving your new password to whoever has access to this info before. You can find a list of vendors that have been affected, and if the problem has been solved here, so see what you may need to change.
What can you do to protect yourself, well, that's a great question. Since this is a software issue, as consumers we get to wait until an update has been made. Once that happens, assume that your information has been compromised, and change all sensitive information (for example, passwords).
Now I could get into the technical stuff, but you can read the full story at the link above. The important thing for you is that you need to go and change ALL your passwords to ALL your accounts. Wait, before you stop reading and go do this, you need to make sure that the problem was fixed before you make changes, or you could just be potentially just giving your new password to whoever has access to this info before. You can find a list of vendors that have been affected, and if the problem has been solved here, so see what you may need to change.
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