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Report: HealthCare.gov logged 316 cybersecurity incidents

By The Miami Herald / Associated Press  
   March 24, 2016

The web portal used by millions of consumers to get health insurance under President Barack Obama's law has logged more than 300 cybersecurity incidents and remains vulnerable to hackers, nonpartisan congressional investigators said Wednesday. The Government Accountability Office said none of the 316 security incidents appeared to have led to the release of sensitive data on HealthCare.gov, such as names, birth dates, addresses, Social Security numbers, financial information, or other personal information. Most of the incidents over nearly 18 months seemed to have involved electronic probing by hackers.

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