This image taken March 31, 2014 in Washington, DC shows the home page for the HealthCare.gov internet site. Today is the deadline day for uninsured Americans to sign up for coverage through US President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act. AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)
Credit: KAREN BLEIER
It’s been a tough year for the US government’s Healthcare.gov. The site launched with an abundance of technical challenges, and now, to make matters worse, officials have confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that one of Healthcare.gov’s servers fell victim to a hacking attack in July.
Thankfully, user information doesn’t appear to have been compromised during the incident, as the server in question was used for testing code. Apparently, the server wasn’t supposed to be connected to the Internet, as it still had the default password.
The hackers may not have even realized that they’d gained access to a valuable Healthcare.gov server. Officials claimed that the malicious software installed was the kind designed to remotely launch a denial of service attack.
➤ Hacker Breached HealthCare.gov Insurance Site
Image credit: Karen Bleier / AFP / Getty Images
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