The money is coming from the Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII), a group of tech companies that came together last month in response to Heartbleed. At the time, CII said that each company would contribute at least $100,000 per year to crucial open-source projects over at least a three-year span, but the group didn’t say how it would distribute the funds.
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Tech giants throw money at OpenSSL in response to Heartbleed
HealthCare.gov requires users to change their passwords (Heartbleed)
Teen arrested for Heartbleed attack against Canadian tax site
Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes, of London, Ontario, took advantage of the vulnerability to steal information from the Canada Revenue Agency’s website, according to the National Division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They arrested him on Tuesday without incident. Solis-Reyes faces one count of unauthorized use of a computer and one count of “mischief in relation to data.”
Rushed Heartbleed fixes may expose users to new attacks
In the race to protect themselves from the Heartbleed vulnerability, enterprises could be opening themselves up to new attacks if they aren’t careful.
