It's been around for more than two years and may control your data through outside venues (not hacking). Most banks are uneffective but some of the big concerns such as Yahoo may be involved.

The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right Now
Some Internet companies that were vulnerable to the bug have already updated their servers with a security patch to fix the issue. This means you'll need to go in and change your passwords immediately for these sites. Even that is no guarantee that your information wasn't already compromised, but there's also no indication that hackers knew about the exploit before this week. The companies that are advising customers to change their passwords are doing so as a precautionary measure.
Although changing your password regularly is always good practice, if a site or service hasn't yet patched the problem, your information will still be vulnerable.
Also, if you reused the same password on multiple sites, and one of those sites was vulnerable, you'll need to change the password everywhere. It's not a good idea to use the same password across multiple sites, anyway.
We'll keep updating the list as new information comes in.  . . . .   go to the list published at Mashable.com, here   http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/

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