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This segment from Greta's show is truly excellent, and should be seen by all, regardless of where they stand on ObamaCare. First shown are the 4 cyber-security experts' testimonies B4 Congress, where they all unanimously and emphatically agree that the healthcare.gov website is not secure, and isn't going to be for anywhere from an "unknown" period of months to "a long time", depending on the expert asked. Then the 4th expert, one David Kennedy, is interviewed by Greta, and it gets even worse, with Kennedy explaining that apparently the Administration doesn't even detect most of the hacking, some of which may well be successful already, and concluding unequivocably "absolutely not" and "no chance" he would sign up. There is also some great explanation of the structure and vulnerabilities, from Kennedy, in language most non-geeks can understand.

Once this gets out, all while Sebelius and the other minions continue to assure us that the site is secure... No one in their right mind will sign up, even if they like the Affordable Care Act. That's going to put a serious dent in ObamaCare, at least for a while, and the Administration's "trust" poll numbers will sink even lower.

The other problem I see is that while being a U.S. gov't website might deter some U.S. hackers, you just know that this has to be the biggest, juciest low hanging fruit ever, for hoardes of hackers in Russia, China, you name it...

1 posted on 11/19/2013 11:06:26 PM PST by Paul R.
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2 posted on 11/19/2013 11:15:25 PM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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I wouldn’t apply by phone or paper either. The same site is used to input the data on your application.


3 posted on 11/19/2013 11:17:40 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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This is an utterly insecure website. It is already compromised. Anyone who has entered their information should change their identity to avoid any problems.


5 posted on 11/20/2013 3:13:04 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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The problems with Obamacare are approaching biblical proportions. They remind me of the plagues against the pharaoh of Egypt in the Old Testament.


7 posted on 11/20/2013 4:27:45 AM PST by MulberryDraw (That which cannot be paid, won't be paid.)
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Alinsky Rules - the Zero admin, DU, DailyKos, WaPo, and all the other jackals to attack everyone of the technical experts who testified that the website isn’t secure.


8 posted on 11/20/2013 4:28:21 AM PST by Hardastarboard (You can keep your doctor - if you lock him in your basement.)
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—— No one in their right mind will sign up,——

Well, it depends on what the definition of right mind is.

If you have no assets to steal, you will be left alone.


9 posted on 11/20/2013 4:28:36 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
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The security expert, Dave Kennedy, is the real deal. The primary tool any white hat hacker would use is called Metasploit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasploit_Project

And Dave just so happens to be the primary author of the book “Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide”, which is considered the top book on Metasploit, and includes a forward by the tool’s creator, HD Moore.

When he said he could break into the site in a few hours, he wasn’t kidding. Check out this video of him on Katie Couric (sorry to make you watch Katie) but it’s quite eye opening to watch this audience member’s shock as he compromised her laptop and took control of her entire computer, including webcam.

http://vimeo.com/77102165


10 posted on 11/20/2013 4:36:39 AM PST by Tekgeek
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16 posted on 11/20/2013 5:24:48 AM PST by madmominct
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Someone yesterday posted what happens when you put a semicolon in the login box-

the first three suggestions were SQL injection attacks.

I think I’d like to add:
“;””drop table users”

(I broke it up JUST in case)


17 posted on 11/20/2013 5:28:27 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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