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Computer Security Experts Warn Americans to Avoid ObamaCare Website
One of these days, our bumbling Administration is going to get sued for big bucks by identity theft or credit-card fraud victims who got robbed after they were forced to use a crapware website the government knows is unsafe and insecure. And when that lawsuit rolls, it will cite testimony such as the House heard from IT experts today. From the Washington Free Beacon:
A panel of IT experts had one answer for Congress when asked if Americans should use the Obamacare exchanges on Healthcare.gov in light of its security concerns: "No."
A quartet of experts testifying before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology cited numerous security flaws within Healthcare.gov. They attributed the risks to the complexity of its 500 million lines of code and a rushed rollout that failed to properly test the website.
Congress was warned that the personal information of everyone who uses TrainWreck.gov is at risk, "including Social Security numbers, birthdays, incomes, home mortgages, and addresses." The IT experts actually demonstrated a hacker attack in the hearing room, musing that the highly organized and trained hacker teams in Russia and China would have a field day. And this insecure disaster of a website is patched into databases at the IRS and the Department of Homeland Security!And then there's this: CMS tech officer: Roughly 30-40% of the ObamaCare exchange system still needs to be built — including the payment system... What the hell?
It's just mind-boggling. If the payment system isn't even built, how in the world did HHS or the WH think this thing could go live on Oct 1?
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) November 19, 2013
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