News in 2014

Required ADD Password Change

Recently, a major online security vulnerability nicknamed “Heartbleed” was discovered. This security bug could allow unauthorized parties to access personal information transmitted between computers, and is estimated to affect almost 2/3 of the websites on the internet.

When you log into a secure website (ADD, your bank website, or Facebook), the information shared between you and the website is “private”, meaning that only the website server and your computer see the data transmitted back and forth. The Heartbleed bug could allow an outside person or computer to see usernames and passwords, as well as information transmitted to and from the secure website, including credit card information or e-mails.

Auto Data Direct has updated its software and security certificates to address the problem, but we need our customers' assistance as well.

Over the next week, ADD will require a password change for all users who have not updated their password since Monday, 4/14/2014. ADD users are encouraged to proactively change their passwords under the My Account tab after log in, to avoid a forced password reset.

This is only a precautionary measure, as ADD has no indication that any data was compromised.

You can read more information about the Heartbleed vulnerability here:

http://heartbleed.com/ http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/08/tech/web/heartbleed-openssl/

Additionally, ADD recommends that you change your password for Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest and others, as well as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo websites and more. Read a complete list of recommended password changes at :

http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/

If you have any questions, please contact tech@add123.com