Foreigners hacked Obamacare website on July 8 – but HHS only discovered it 10 days ago

(UK) Daily Mail ^ | September 4, 2014 | David Martosko

[Zakeet]

• Malicious code was inserted into an Obamacare server and lay dormant, waiting for a command to attack other computers
• Obama administration claims there's no evidence attack was sponsored by an unfriendly country or exposed Americans' personal information
• Vulnerable server was left with its default password and wasn't supposed to be accessible from the Internet
• House Republicans have subpoenaed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services chief for a September 18 grilling

A computer server hosting information for Healthcare.gov, the flagship Obamacare website that millions of Americans have trusted with their social security numbers, income totals and other sensitive personal information, was the subject of a hacker attack earlier this summer, officials said Thursday.

The federal government wasn't aware it had been hacked on July 8 until just ten days ago.

The admission is fueling fires on Capitol Hill.

[Zakeet]

... another glitch ...

[sten]

and you’d trust these people to inject who knows what into your children?

do they know your political affiliation?

do your medical ‘treatments’ from come a ‘special batch’ based on your political leanings?

[brownsfan]

All the news the US media is simply too busy to cover.

[Mr. K]

And for ONLY $600Million!

I could have built them an even better website that actually worked for less than 10% of that.

[driftdiver]

“Vulnerable server was left with its default password and wasn’t supposed to be accessible from the Internet “

Seriously? Not only does this violate good IT practice but it violates numerous federal regulations and laws.

These systems aren’t supposed to be used or connected until they have passed an audit confirming they comply.

[MulberryDraw]

there's no evidence bla bla bla. A favored phrase by politicians.

[PGR88]

Maybe they’ll do Americans a favor and take it all down. I feel like a 3rd world citizen - depending on foreigners to save us from the rapaciousness of our own government.

[Grampa Dave]

Malicious code was inserted into an Obamacare server and lay dormant, waiting for a command to attack other computers

Obama administration claims there’s no evidence attack was sponsored by an unfriendly country or exposed Americans’ personal information

Vulnerable server was left with its default password and wasn’t supposed to be accessible from the Internet

House Republicans have subpoenaed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services chief for a September 18 grilling.

This is another example of lies and subversion the Obama Thugs use every day in America.

When have Obama and his thugs ever told America the truth?

[MeshugeMikey]

[Izzy Dunne]

there's no evidence attack was sponsored by an unfriendly country

Well, that means IT'S YOUR FRIENDS DOING IT !!!

[grumpygresh]

It means that they will try to blames the Tea Party again. The Feds will move to push for internet ID, internet fingerprints.

[AustinBill]

I could have built them an even better website that actually worked for less than 10% of that.

You're obviously not a beltway bandit. The correct response is "I could have built them a website that failed for only $500 million and 'saved' the taxpayers $100 million!"