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Reporting tonight that the nsa knew about the heart bleed security flaw for at least two years but kept it secret to gather intelligence. top intelligence officials say today that they knew nothing about the bug. this internet flaw has sent the web spinning. >> a german programmer has taken responsibility for an unintended ininternet bug. heart bleed affects encryption technology thats designed to protect your sensitive data on the internet, like passwords, emails, and credit card numbers. >> co...

>> yeah, part of the problem is there are so many different ways this goes. first of all, today, a german programmer has admitted he unintentionally inserted this into code. he was trying to find some fixes and accidentally put this in. thats whats caused this whole thing. because of that, no one really knows whats been accessed. they know companies will have to find a fix and a lot of them have been doing that. a couple of things to know to give you a background of what the heartbleed bug is. f...

They say it can be used to steal passwords, credit card numbers and a lot of information from unsuspecting users. how can we all try to stop it and protect ourselves when we log on? adam houseley live in the washington with the details. >> reporter: actually, were here in los angeles because this is where a lot of the computer companies are located. this has been around a couple of years, and also hundreds of thousands of web sites affected and hundreds of millions of users potentially affected ...