The Heartbleed Bug

First Base Solutions not affected by worldwide security breach



Markham, ON, Thursday, April 10, 2014 – A major flaw with online security was recently discovered that can be exploited to intercept sensitive information like passwords, private conversations, and credit card numbers. This flaw, known as CVE-2014-0160, The Heartbleed Bug, has affected over 60 million websites around the world from Yahoo to Canada Revenue Agency.

Don’t worry, First Base Solutions sites were NOT affected. If you have purchased data through a First Base Solutions website using a credit card, be assured that we DO NOT store your credit card information anywhere.First Base Solutions has been working diligently since the bug was discovered to apply security patches to our sites that eliminate this threat in the future. To further mitigate the threat, we strongly recommend that you change your password for websites you access securely such as online banking and email.

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