But, he said, the risk doesn't end there.
“The fact that the root of this incident includes the compromise of some core security tools themselves, however, does open the potential for future uses of this exploit," he said.
The good news: There are immediate steps that you can take to make your personal information more secure.
Danuloff offered five tips on how to make your information less vulnerable to hackers.
Do not re-use passwords on any important accounts. “That way if the password list from Company A is stolen, hackers cannot use that list to get into your account at Company B,” he said.