Heartbleed bug affects some dental practices

A story in the Sydney Morning Herald highlights a potential exposure to the Heartbleed security bug which could affect dental practices whose patients are referred to GE Money for Gem Visa finance.

GE Money have updated their security advice as follows:

"Recent media reports of worldwide internet vulnerabilities demonstrate the need to ensure that you regularly change your online passwords as good practice.

GE has taken precautions and steps to protect customer data from this threat and has no reason to believe that any customer data has been compromised.

To change your password now, please click on the "forgot your password" link on the login page."

There are numerous other potential source of exposure to the Heartbleed bug, and as a general precaution most IT security advisors are urging everyone to change ALL their passwords.

CNet offers a listing of web services which may have been affected.  They have also produced a short (3 minute) YouTube video which explains the vulnerabilities caused by the Heartbleed bug.