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TOPIC | Heartbleed Alert
[center][img]http://flightrising.com/dropbox/tinkering.png[/img][/center] We understand that there is some concern about the recent incidents across the web regarding the [url=http://heartbleed.com/ ]Heartbleed[/url] security vulnerability. This affects software that powers encryption across the majority of the internet. Please know that the development team is aware of the issue and has taken steps necessary to protect our site and ensure that [i]Flight Rising[/i] and its users are safe. [i]Flight Rising[/i] was updated to protect against Heartbleed within hours of the public discovery. We would encourage our players to change their login credentials regularly. Now is a excellent time to [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=settings]update your password[/url]. [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=mb&board=ann&id=1056117][b]Click here to read more about this update[/b][/url][/center][more] Additionally, a large swath of the net (with estimates at 66%) is affected by this vulnerability. If you have accounts on [url=http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/]any of the following sites affected by the flaw[/url], now may be a good time to update your password on them.
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We understand that there is some concern about the recent incidents across the web regarding the Heartbleed security vulnerability. This affects software that powers encryption across the majority of the internet.

Please know that the development team is aware of the issue and has taken steps necessary to protect our site and ensure that Flight Rising and its users are safe. Flight Rising was updated to protect against Heartbleed within hours of the public discovery. We would encourage our players to change their login credentials regularly. Now is a excellent time to update your password.



Additionally, a large swath of the net (with estimates at 66%) is affected by this vulnerability. If you have accounts on any of the following sites affected by the flaw, now may be a good time to update your password on them.