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ObamaCare enrollees told to change passwords after Heartbleed review (Husseincare bug)
Fox News ^ | 4/19/14

Posted on 04/19/2014 5:23:38 AM PDT by Libloather

WASHINGTON – People who have accounts on the enrollment website for President Obama's signature health care law are being told to change their passwords following an administration-wide review of the government's vulnerability to the confounding Heartbleed Internet security flaw.

Senior administration officials said there is no indication that the HealthCare.gov site has been compromised and the action is being taken out of an abundance of caution. The government's Heartbleed review is ongoing, the officials said, and users of other websites may also be told to change their passwords in the coming days, including those with accounts on the popular WhiteHouse.gov petitions page.

The Heartbleed programming flaw has caused major security concerns across the Internet and affected a widely used encryption technology that was designed to protect online accounts. Major Internet services have been working to insulate themselves against the problem and are also recommending that users change their website passwords.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; bsd; deathpanels; heartbleed; husseincare; linux; obamacare; obamacarewebsite; password; unix; zerocare
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1 posted on 04/19/2014 5:23:39 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

“Heartbleed” is what Obamacare IS!


2 posted on 04/19/2014 7:48:17 AM PDT by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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To: Libloather

How is it possible to do so as you cannot even A) sign up B) pay C) sign up for what you wanted D) remove yourself from a policy E) contact any one for help


3 posted on 04/19/2014 11:53:21 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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