CloudBleed Flaw - Just on character issue caused it?

Fact is stranger than Fiction



A tiny but serious bug poked a hole in this digital wall. One character—an instance of "==" that should have been ">="—made it possible for computers to skip over the dividing wall between two different people's data. This allowed users exploiting a certain technique to obtain a random chunk of a random person's otherwise private information

If you have doubts you can check if an website you access is affected with the following URL
https://cloudbleedcheck.com/

There are a few plugins to check you bookmark but, I am not sure how safe or authentic they are.



For More info:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a25380/cloudbleed-explained/