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"Hackers have begun exploiting the newly identified "Shell Shock" computer bug, using fast-moving worm viruses to scan for vulnerable systems and then infect them, researchers have warned. "

"Millions of websites, online stores and social networks are operating with a major security hole in place, exposing user information and financial information to hackers. That is because a core safety mechanism used to secure the internet has a flaw in it. Worse still, it has been in place for over two years and experts are unsure if it has been exploited for criminal or espionage purposes."

"It was a bug that lurked in software found on hundreds of millions of devices for 21 years, leaving them vulnerable to hackers, who may have known of its existence ... Shell Shock bug finder Stephane Chazelas Now Stephane Chazelas, an open source software developer living in Britain, is being hailed a hero by security experts and internet users for finding it and causing it to be fixed."

"It's not just nude photographs Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst and other victims of the celebrity photo theft have to worry about being accessed by hackers - it's their GPS co-ordinates, private text messages, calendars, address books, phone call logs and any other data stored on their phones and backed up to the cloud."