http://www.infosecnews.org/healthcare-gov-server-compromised-by-hackers/
By William Knowles @c4i
Senior Editor
InfoSec News
September 5, 2014
Unknown hackers breached a test server with malware on a Health and Human
Services (HHS) site that supports the Obamacare insurance website
HealthCare.gov
The commonplace malware was designed to launch “denial of service” attacks
against other websites, HHS said, and there is no evidence any consumers’
personal information was sent to any external IP address. The attack did
not appear to directly target HealthCare.gov, and the server that was
targeted did not contain any consumers’ personal information.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the server was connected to more
sensitive parts of the website that had better security protections, the
officials said. That means it would have been possible, if difficult, for
the intruder to move through the network and try to view more protected
information, an official at the Department of Health and Human Services
said. There is no indication that happened, and investigators suspect the
hacker didn’t intend to target a HealthCare.gov server.
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