The bug that gets its name from OpenSSL's implementation of the TLS/DTLS Heartbeat Extension (RFC6520), has left large amount of private keys and other secrets exposed to the internet. The bug was discovered by a team of security engineers at Codenomicon and Google Security after more than 2 years on the loose.
The Heartbleed bug affected 66 percent of the internet and about 500,000 servers worldwide by the time it was discovered.
