The Heartbleed security flaw that exposes a vulnerability in encryption has reportedly extended its reach well beyond Web services.

According to Bloomberg, citing "two people familiar with the matter," the National Security Agency knew about Heartbleed for at least two years and used the hole in encryption technology to gather intelligence.

Bloomberg also says Vanee Vines, an NSA spokeswoman, did not provide comment.

This follows a separate Bloomberg report the security flaw impacts Android smartphones and tablets that run the 4.1.1 version of the Google operating system.

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