By Jose Pagliery
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Websites are racing to patch the Heartbleed bug, the worst security hole the Internet has ever seen.
As sites fix the bug on their end, it’s time for you to change your passwords. The Heartbleed bugallowed information leaks from a key safety feature that is supposed to keep your online communication private — email, banking, shopping, and passwords.
Don’t change all your passwords yet, though. If a company hasn’t yet updated its site, you still can’t connect safely. A new password would be compromised too.
Many companies are not informing their customers of the danger — or asking them to update their log-in credentials. So, here’s a handy password list. It’ll be updated as companies respond to CNN’s questions.
Change these passwords now (they were patched)
Google, YouTube and Gmail Facebook Yahoo, Yahoo Mail, Tumblr, Flickr OKCupid Wikipedia
Don’t worry about these (they don’t use the affected software, or ran a different version)
Amazon AOL and Mapquest Bank of America Capital One bank Charles Schwab Chase bank Citibank E*Trade Fidelity HSBC bank LinkedIn Microsoft, Hotmail and Outlook PayPal PNC bank Scottrade TD Ameritrade Twitter U.S. Bank Vanguard Wells Fargo
Don’t change these passwords yet (still unclear, no response)
American Express Apple, iCloud and iTunes Healthcare.gov
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