Chris S is actively looking into this. Thanks for the note.

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Sent from my phone, please excuse brevity.
On Apr 8, 2014 4:18 PM, "Risker" <risker...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the heads-up, Greg.  However, I'm finding that I am being
> repeatedly logged out...it's happened every other edit I've made tonight,
> which is a real pain.  Will report on IRC as well.
>
> Risker/Anne
>
>
> On 8 April 2014 16:57, Greg Grossmeier <g...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > FYI to this audience as well:
> >
> > We're reseting all user session tokens today due to heartbleed.
> >
> > What I didn't state below is that we have already replaced our SSL certs
> > as well as upgraded to the fixed version of openssl.
> >
> > ----- Forwarded message from Greg Grossmeier <g...@wikimedia.org> -----
> >
> > > Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 13:54:26 -0700
> > > From: Greg Grossmeier <g...@wikimedia.org>
> > > To: Wikitech Ambassadors <wikitech-ambassad...@lists.wikimedia.org>
> > > Subject: Security precaution - Resetting all user sessions today
> > >
> > > Yesterday a widespread issue in OpenSSL was disclosed that would allow
> > > attackers to gain access to privileged information on any site running
> a
> > > vulnerable version of that software. Unfortunately, all Wikimedia
> > > Foundation hosted wikis are potentially affected.
> > >
> > > We have no evidence of any actual compromise to our systems or our
> users
> > > information, but as a precautionary measure we are resetting all user
> > > session tokens. In other words, we will be forcing all logged in users
> > > to re-login (ie: we are logging everyone out).
> > >
> > > All logged in users send a secret session token with each request to
> the
> > > site and if a nefarious person were able to intercept that token they
> > > could impersonate other users. Resetting the tokens for all users will
> > > have the benefit of making all users reconnect to our servers using the
> > > updated and fixed version of the OpenSSL software, thus removing this
> > > potential attack.
> > >
> > > As an extra precaution, we recommend all users change their passwords
> as
> > > well.
> > >
> > >
> > > Again, there has been no evidence that Wikimedia Foundation users were
> > > targeted by this attack, but we want all of our users to be as safe as
> > > possible.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you for your understanding and patience,
> > >
> > > Greg Grossmeier
> > >
> > >
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> > > | identi.ca: @greg                A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D |
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> >
> > --
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> >
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