“The U.S. government warned banks and other businesses on Friday to be on alert for hackers seeking to steal data exposed by the ‘Heartbleed’ bug, as a German programmer took responsibility for the widespread security crisis.
On a website for advising critical infrastructure operators about emerging cyber threats, the Department of Homeland Security asked organizations to report any Heartbleed-related attacks, adding that hackers were attempting to exploit the bug in widely used OpenSSL code by scanning targeted networks.”
Source:Feds issue warning: Hackers trying to exploit ‘Heartbleed’ bug – Yahoo News
