As the digital dangers of the so-called Heartbleed glitch continue to unfold, general counsel need to consider their companies’ potential liabilities and take action now, according to experts.
Heartbleed has the ability to directly affect servers and technology companies, and dozens of companies have issued alerts, including Cisco, Dell, Google, IBM, Juniper Networks, Mozilla and Yahoo. But it also can indirectly expose information of web services’ end users, including law firms, companies and their legal departments.
