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The 2014 Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL exposed the dire funding situation of core open-source maintainers
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UnverifiedThe Heartbleed vulnerability of 2014 revealed that a project relied upon by the global internet, such as OpenSSL, was being maintained by only two part-time maintainers.77% similarUnverifiedBefore the Heartbleed vulnerability was disclosed in 2014, OpenSSL had only one core maintainer, and annual donations were less than two thousand dollars.74% similarVerifiedThe 2014 Heartbleed vulnerability was a serious flaw in the OpenSSL cryptography library that had existed for over two years and affected approximately 17% of secure web servers worldwide.68% similarVerifiedThe Heartbleed vulnerability incident directly gave rise to the Linux Foundation's Core Infrastructure Initiative (now OpenSSF).67% similar
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