Javier
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Post by Javier on Feb 27, 2017 8:31:06 GMT
For those who are unaware, Cloudflare, one of the most widely used proxy, security, protection services on the Internet, has discolsed that it had a bug in its servers that caused all kinds of data to be leaked/accessed to/by third parties. Once the bug was found Cloudflare reacted quickly and had the bug patched within 24h but more than 4 million sites, including ours, have been compromised for an unknown period of time. Account details, passwords, etc. could been intercepted and it is (very) strongly recommended to change your passwords ASAP for all sites using Cloudflare. You can check here if your regular sites are affected: www.doesitusecloudflare.com/ For more info: www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/24/cloudbleed_buffer_overflow_bug_spaffs_personal_data/
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Rabbit
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Post by Rabbit on Feb 27, 2017 12:46:32 GMT
Thanks Javier. That's annoying.
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Post by Rabbit on Feb 27, 2017 12:55:50 GMT
To change your password.........
Go to your 'profile' and look at 'personal' settings. The password change will take you to another place where you change it and then will have to log back on here again next time.
I would suggest changing anywhere else where you might have used the same password.
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jello
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Post by jello on Feb 27, 2017 12:56:00 GMT
Thanks for the heads up Javier. I think I'm going to have a busy day changing passwords!!
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Javier
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Post by Javier on Feb 27, 2017 13:27:25 GMT
Thanks for the heads up Javier. I think I'm going to have a busy day changing passwords!! Indeed! I had a busy evening yesterday... I had to change quite a few passwords.
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jello
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Post by jello on Feb 27, 2017 13:50:26 GMT
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oldson
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Post by oldson on Feb 27, 2017 13:59:20 GMT
Thanks Mark
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juke
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Post by juke on Feb 27, 2017 16:40:26 GMT
Thanks Javier, really useful tip-off. I used your link and fortunately it seems my main password-relevant sites seem OK. I then checked Mozilla and see they're on the list. Someone has posted an app to check browsers at PC level, it's amazing to see how many it found but I didn't see anything that I recall logging into.
Syd
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