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Demeter

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8. Some cyber security experts recommend shutting Obamacare site
Tue Nov 19, 2013, 10:07 PM
Nov 2013

OR, PERHAPS IF THEY SHUT DOWN THE NSA, OBAMACARE WOULD BE ALL RIGHT....

http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-expert-warn-congress-healthcare-gov-security-bugs-144729835--sector.html

President Barack Obama's HealthCare.gov site is riddled with security flaws that put user data of millions of people at risk and it should be shut down until fixed, several technology experts warned lawmakers on Tuesday.

The testimony at a congressional hearing could increase concerns among many Americans about Obama's healthcare overhaul, popularly known as Obamacare. Opinion polls show the botched rollout of the online marketplace for health insurance policies has hurt the popularity of the effort.

The website collects personal data such as names, birth dates, social security numbers, email addresses and other information that criminals could use for a variety of scams.

In a rapid "yes" or "no" question-and-answer session during a Republican-sponsored hearing by the House of Representatives Science, Space and Technology Committee, Republican Representative Chris Collins of New York asked four experts about the security of the site:

"Do any of you think today that the site is secure?"

The answer from the experts, which included two academics and two private sector technical researchers, was a unanimous "no."

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