The US National Security Agency reportedly took advantage of the vulnerability that has come to be known as the Heartbleed Bug long before the exploit was made public.
The NSA used Heartbleed «to gather critical intelligence,» Bloomberg reports.
The publication says a pair of people «familiar with the matter» revealed to the NSA not only know about Heartbleed for years, but used it to its advantage as well.
Allegedly the agency kept the exploit secret, endangering the online security of millions of people, so that it could continue using it to gather passwords and other types of data.
