http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/6/7171347/the-us-government-is-hacking-healthcare-gov-to-make-sure-its-secure
By Rich McCormick
Deaily Mail
November 6, 2014
The launch of Healthcare.gov, the US government's health insurance
website, was beset with technical problems so severe that only six people
were able to enroll on its first day in October 2013. Ahead of a second
enrollment period, beginning on November 15th, government officials are
launching cyberattacks against the revamped site to make sure the same
crippling bugs and security holes don't appear again.
Andy Slavitt, hired to oversee the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services' Healthcare.gov program, says that groups of white-hat hackers in
his team are conducting weekly attacks on the network that simulate real
hacking attempts, in order to probe for weak points and bolster its
defenses. Flaws in the previous incarnation of Healthcare.gov were exposed
earlier this year when a security researcher reportedly obtained 70,000
medical records through a Google search.
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