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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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A massive breakdown in Internet security, known as the Heartbleed bug, may have compromised millions of websites — including such prominent services as Yahoo, Flickr and Tumblr — potentially exposing users' passwords and other personal information.
The Heartbleed bug affects the encryption technology used by a number of Web and email servers, making it possible for intruders to access important and sensitive data on what were supposedly secure sites. This latest scourge of the Internet went undetected for more than two years, and because attacks that exploit the Heartbleed bug leave no trace, the extent of the damage caused by the security flaw is not yet known.
