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Hackers Breach HealthCare.Gov System, Threatening the Data of 75,000 People

posted by Fnord666 on Monday October 22 2018, @05:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the another-day-another-breach dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

Hackers breach HealthCare.gov system, get data on 75,000

A government computer system that interacts with HealthCare.gov was hacked earlier this month, compromising the sensitive personal data of some 75,000 people, officials said Friday.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made the announcement late in the afternoon ahead of a weekend, a time slot agencies often use to release unfavorable developments.

Officials said the hacked system was shut down and technicians are working to restore it before sign-up season starts Nov. 1 for health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

About 10 million people currently have private coverage under former President Barack Obama's health care law.

Consumers applying for subsidized coverage have to provide extensive personal information, including Social Security numbers, income, and citizenship or legal immigration status.

The system that was hacked is used by insurance agents and brokers to directly enroll customers. All other sign-up systems are working.

Also at Engadget and TechCrunch

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 22 2018, @03:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 22 2018, @03:56PM (#752020)

    I feel you, AC. For whatever reason the DNC has decided to use all the most ineffective strategies it can imagine. It is only rational to conclude that the Democratic Party supports the exact same things that the Republican Party does. The only opposition they offer up is in the form of divisive identity politics and other bullshit meant to keep the working class polarized and distracted.

    In fact, get a load of this. Report Says Russia-gaters Should Go Quietly in the Night [consortiumnews.com]:

    “While [Mueller is] under no deadline to complete his work, several sources tracking the investigation say the special counsel and his team appear eager to wrap up,” Politico reports [politico.com].

    “The public, they say, shouldn’t expect a comprehensive and presidency-wrecking account of Kremlin meddling and alleged obstruction of justice by Trump?—not to mention an explanation of the myriad subplots that have bedeviled lawmakers, journalists and amateur Mueller sleuths,” the report also says, adding that details of the investigation may never even see the light of day. “It will be up to DOJ leaders to make the politically turbo-charged decision of whether to make Mueller’s report public,” Politico reported.

    So that’s it then. An obscene amount of noise and focus, a few indictments and process crime convictions which have nothing to do with Russian collusion, and this three-ring circus of propaganda and delusion is ready to call it a day.

    (Note: I moved the link in the article's introduction into the part I quoted.)

    Remember that thing about removing Trump from office if we all vote for the Democratic Party in a couple weeks? Even if they, somehow against all odds, win the Senate... fuhgeddaboudit.