In recent weeks the Heartbleed bug has recieved significant time in the press. Cosine wanted to announce that services we provide that require your SCIENCE username and password, such as email, were not vulnerable to the Heartbleed bug. Here is a link explaining what the Heartbleed is: https://heartbleed.com/

If you use websites that were vulnerable to the Heartbleed you should consider changing your password for those sites. Here is a link that shows popular websites and if they were impacted or not: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/which-sites-have-patched-the-heartbleed-bug/