Healthcare.gov 'may already have been compromised, ' security expert says

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http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/11/19/healthcaregov-already-compromised-security-expert-says/

FoxNews.com
November 19, 2013

Not only is healthcare.gov at risk, it may already have been compromised, 
a security expert testified before the Senate.

"Hackers are definitely after it," said David Kennedy, CEO of information 
security firm TrustedSEC before a House Science, Space, and Technology 
committee hearing on security concerns surrounding the problematic 
Healthcare.gov website.

"And if I had to guess, based on what I can see... I would say the website 
is either hacked already or will be soon."

Kennedy told FoxNews.com he based this on an analysis revealing a large 
number of SQL injection attacks against the healthcare.gov website, which 
are indicative of "a large amount" of hacking attempts.

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