The US government is hacking Healthcare.gov to make sure it's secure

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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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