The Heartbleed security flaw that compromised swaths of the Internet has created surprisingly little resonance with U.S. adults, less than half of whom took action after learning of the bug, according to a new study.
The security opening, which was found in widely used, open-source code, is believed to have affected more than half a million websites, including some of the highest-trafficked destinations on the Internet like Yahoo and Google. A study by the Pew Research Center found that only 39% of Internet users took steps to protect themselves, such as changing passwords or canceling accounts. Read more...
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