Important: Change your Wattpad password immediately (Heartbleed)

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This week a widespread security vulnerability known as "Heartbleed" was discovered in a commonly used piece of web technology called SSL. This vulnerability could allow someone to capture your confidential user information. We strongly recommend that you change your Wattpad password immediately.

For information about how to change your password on Wattpad, read How do I change my password.

While Wattpad has taken steps to address the vulnerability, this issue impacts many popular websites.  We suggest that you change your passwords on these other sites as well.