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Heartbleed hacker arrested, charged in connection to malicious bug exploit

marsmett tallahassee A 19-year-old student has been arrested for allegedly exploiting the Heartbleed vulnerability to steal taxpayer data from as many as 900 Canadians, authorities said Wednesday. The arrest of Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police marks the first time authorities anywhere have publicly levied charges in connection to the malicious exploitation of a defect in the widely used OpenSSL cryptography library. Canada Revenue Agency officials said they had removed public access to online tax services a day after the defect was discovered earlier this month. Read 6 remaining paragraphs | Comments

 

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