(Photo illustration by Kacper Pempel/Reuters)The security firm Cloudflare disclosed late Thursday that a long-running bug in its security systems may have leaked information, including potentially personal information, from thousands of sites including Uber, Fitbit and OKCupid. The problem was first uncovered by Google security expert Tavis Ormandy, who let Cloudflare know about the issue on Feb. 18. The issue is only known to have affected a small portion of the 5.5 million sites that Cloudflare services. Because there's so little information about the sites and Cloudflare services are widely used, it's a good idea to change your passwords on any site, in a “better safe than sorry” sort of way. Cloudflare said it has fixed the problem and is working to get the pages with personal information taken off search engines.

Source: Washington Post February 24, 2017 22:24 UTC