\n\tOn April 7th, 2014, a serious security vulnerability was publicly announced in the popular OpenSSL software library, which is used by many web systems for encrypting and decrypting data. The bug opens up the secret keys used to identify the service providers and to encrypt the traffic, the names and passwords of the users and the actual content. If exploited, attackers could eavesdrop on communications, steal data directly from the services and users and to impersonate services and users.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tPCRecruiter software runs on web servers which do not use the OpenSSL library by default and therefore are not vulnerable to the exploit.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n\tIf you are a PCRecruiter user concerened that your password may have been compromised by use with another website, you may wish to use the 'Change My Password' option on the MyPCR screen to update your password. It's a 'best practice' to change passwords regularly.\n<\/p>\n \n\tYour PCRecruiter system administrator may also select a strong password mode. In this mode:\n<\/p>\n