Were you foolish enough to create a healthcare.gov account for ObamaCARE? Well, if you did, you’d better change your password as Obama’s online exchanges are now at risk over the virus, trojan, or whatever Heartbleed.
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| healthcare.gov users told to change passwords over Heartbleed risk |
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Users of the federal heath care exchange site have been advised to change their passwords this weekend after the Obama administration reviewed the government’s vulnerability to the Heartbleed Internet security bug.
Senior administration officials told the Associated Press that there was no indication that the HealthCare.gov site had 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.
“HealthCare.gov uses many layers of protections to secure your information,” a message on the website said Saturday. “While there’s no indication that any personal information has ever been at risk, we have taken steps to address Heartbleed issues and reset consumers’ passwords out of an abundance of caution.”
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.