U.S. Gov’t Changed Your HealthCare.gov Password Because of Heartbleed

U.S. Gov't Changed Your HealthCare.gov Password Because of Heartbleed

Heartbleed, the gaping flaw that left the internet’s security gate wide open for more than two years, is causing headaches for yet another site: the beleagured Healthcare.gov . The government says the site has not been compromised, but officials have reset all user passwords "out of an abundance of caution." Heartbleed’s not done causing heartburn yet.

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Hackers Swiped 70,000 Records from Healthcare.gov in Four Minutes (Updated

Hackers Swiped 70,000 Records from Healthcare.gov in Four Minutes (Updated

After the bevy of problems Healthcare.gov encountered in its first few months of life, dumping one more onto the pile shouldn’t phase you all that much, right? Well, not if that hiccup is actually a gaping vulnerability—and one that can grant hackers access to over 70,0000 private records in just four minutes, at that.

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HealthCare.gov Is Now Running “Smoothly for Vast Majority of Users”

HealthCare.gov Is Now Running “Smoothly for Vast Majority of Users”

Back in October when HealthCare.gov launched and then promptly became an enormous shit show, the Obama administration imposed December 1st as their deadline for getting the site’s act together. And today’s the day! So how’s stuff going?

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HP Is Taking Over the Hosting of HealthCare.gov

HP Is Taking Over the Hosting of HealthCare.gov

We don’t need to tell you how much of a disaster Healthcare.gov has been. But what we do need to tell you is that, fortunately, the Government is being sensible enough to not renew its contract with its host Verizon.

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These Guys Just Built the Website Healthcare.gov Should Have Been

These Guys Just Built the Website Healthcare.gov Should Have Been

Calling the launch of Healthcare.gov a complete and utter disaster may sound a bit dramatic—but unfortunately, it’s also pretty accurate. With only six people able to actually enroll out of the 4.7 million unique visitors the site saw on launch day, something clearly needs to change. And since the government has its hands full with perpetually tripping over itself, three coders from San Francisco did what the feds couldn’t by building HealthSherpa.com—a website that actually works.

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Google’s Coming to the Rescue on HealthCare.gov

Google's Coming to the Rescue on HealthCare.gov

The "tech surge" that President Obama promised to fix the very broken HealthCare.gov portal just got a lot more tech-savvy. According to Bloomberg, companies like Google, Oracle and Red Hat are now swooping in to lead the recovery effort. But is it enough?

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Everything That’s Wrong with HealthCare.gov

Everything That's Wrong with HealthCare.gov

The HealthCare.gov launch did not go so well. Some people paid the website a visit only to be greeted by a blank screen. Others found error messages or talked to misleading call center reps or had their personal information compromised. The whole thing is borked, and everybody knows it.

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Bloomberg Businessweek’s Obamacare Cover Is Perfect

Bloomberg Businessweek's Obamacare Cover Is Perfect

In case you haven’t noticed, it’s been kind of a rough year in Washington. And it’s especially rough for one guy in particular. Freshly inaugurated and Instagram-friendly, President Obama promised a new, tech-savvy future for America. The latest cover of Bloomberg Businessweek pretty much sums up how that’s working out.

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Healthcare.gov’s Technical Problems Are Taking Their Toll

Healthcare.gov's Technical Problems Are Taking Their Toll

First it was a bad script at the tech support hotline. Then it was general institutional failure stemming from the U.S. government’s reliance on outside contractors. And now it’s just the plain fact that when you’re on a schedule and things go wrong you get behind.

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Why the U.S. Government Needs a “Digital Core”

Why the U.S. Government Needs a "Digital Core"

If you’ve been watching C-SPAN—and who hasn’t?—you’ll know the House Energy and Commerce Committee started hearings yesterday with the government contractors for HealthCare.gov, the maybe-not-quite-ready-for-prime-time website for the Affordable Care Act.

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