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Hackers Break Into HealthCare.gov
mpicpp is one of many to point out that hackers broke into the HealthCare.gov website in July and uploaded malicious software. "Hackers silently infected a Healthcare.gov computer server this summer. But the malware didn't manage to steal anyone's data, federal officials say. On Thursday, the Health and Human Services Department, which manages the Obamacare website, explained what happened. And officials stressed that personal information was never at risk. "Our review indicates that the server did not contain consumer personal information; data was not transmitted outside the agency, and the website was not specifically targeted," HHS spokesman Kevin Griffis said. But it was a close call, showing just how vulnerable computer systems can be. It all happened because of a series of mistakes. A computer server that routinely tests portions of the website wasn't properly set up. It was never supposed to be connected to the Internet — but someone had accidentally connected it anyway. That left it open to attack, and on July 8, malware slipped past the Obamacare security system, officials said.
Has /. Been hacked by right wing crazies? I thought nerds were too smart to believe Fox News. And yet it's always Obama's fault. Yeah, I am sure he personally patched in the server by mistake. #EverythingThatGoesWrongCanBeBlamedOnObama
That's risible. Nowhere is Fox, Bush, or Obama mentioned.
Gotta love the hilarity that ensues when the anything that implies just a smidgen of Obama administration ineptitude penetrates an echo chamber like Slashdot.
A factual account about a specific failure on a government program is labelled "hacked by right-wing crazies" by a "BLAME BOOOOSH!!!" loon.
AND it's modded up.
And yeah, Obama's inept.
Compare his response to Russians shooting down an unarmed airliner to Ronald Reagan's.
Compare Obama's response to a US citizen getting his head hacked off by an Obama-proclaimed "JV team" of terrorists (that has managed to take over 1/2 of Iraq and Syria - some "JV team"...) to the response from UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
Look at the situation in Russia - where Obama's minions were so prompt in making fun of Mitt Romney just 18 months ago when Romney said Russia was no friend to the West.
Look at Libya - where Islamist just took over the abandoned US embassy in Tripoli. Hey, but the bombs Obama dropped there weren't "hostilities".
Gotta wonder what the poster I'm responding to would say if George W. Bush had ever claimed dropping bombs weren't hostilities...
And let's not forget about "the dog ate our hard drives, blackberries, and backups" IRS bullshit.