Heartbleed Fixes Taking Longer as Websites Work to Plug Gaps

Websites afflicted by the Heartbleed security flaw are finding that it’s taking longer than anticipated to recover from the fallout.

Heartbleed, which can expose people to hacking of their passwords and other sensitive information, sent companies rushing to patch their systems after the security flaw came to light last week. What some didn’t foresee was the time and cost needed to restore user data and fix interruptions caused by suppliers and partners.