U.S. Agencies Urge Banks to Fix Heartbleed Web-Security Flaw

Banks and other financial institutions should take steps to patch their computer systems as soon as possible to prevent attacks that exploit the Heartbleed Internet-security flaw, U.S. agencies said.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, made up of representatives from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other regulators, said systems that operate a widely used encryption technology called OpenSSL are at risk of being hacked.