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Washington, D.C. – Today, the Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a hearing titled “Is My Data on Healthcare.gov Secure?” According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the ObamaCare website, HealthCare.gov, was not fully security tested before it went public last month, thus exposing Americans who use HealthCare.gov to identity theft and other cyber-attack risks.Today, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) pressed a bi-partisan panel of cyber-security experts to state whether they would personally advise Americans to use, or not use, HealthCare.gov in light of its security flaws.They unanimously agreed that they would not advise Americans to use HealthCare.gov because the cyber-security risks could result in identity theft or other financial losses for HealthCare.gov users.
The witnesses who testified today were:
Mr. Morgan Wright, Chief Executive Officer, Crowd Sourced Investigations, LLC
Dr. Fred Chang, Bobby B. Lyle Centennial Distinguished Chair in Cyber Security, Southern Methodist University
Dr. Avi Rubin, Director, Health and Medical Security Laboratory Technical Director, Information Security Institute, Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
Mr. David Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer, TrustedSEC, LLC
Congressman Brooks said, “By coercing Americans into using HealthCare.gov, regardless of cyber-security threats, this Administration puts the political need for a successful rollout of socialized medicine ahead of hardworking Americans who will suffer the consequences.”
Brooks concluded, “I find it appalling and outrageous that this Administration desperately persists in coercing American citizens into using a website that does not work while exposing users to unlimited identity theft and financial loss risks. At a minimum, this Administration should reimburse American citizens for cyber-security losses incurred by their having done nothing more than obey ObamaCare law. To date, this Administration has not offered to compensate American citizens for identity theft and other financial losses caused by HealthCare.gov cyber-security failings. No words can adequately express the depth of concern I have about a ‘Big Brother’ policy that forcibly puts so many American families at risk for uncompensated financial loss.”
Partial Transcript:
Congressman Brooks: “Given healthcare.gov security issues and assuming for the moment that you would be personally responsible for all damages incurred, if any, from your advice, would any of you advise an American citizen to use this website as the security issues now exist? Yes or No.”
Mr. Kennedy: “No sir not at this time.”
Mr. Wright: “Same answer.”
Dr. Chang: “Same answer.”
Dr. Rubin: “Yeah I wouldn’t, yeah.”
Congressman Brooks: “So it is a unanimous no- don’t use the website because of the security risk?”
Dr. Rubin: “I would say that the security would have to be studied a lot more carefully before I would agree to that.”
Congressman Brooks: “Thank you for your insight. I hope the American people are listening, and with that Mr. Chairman, thank you for the time.”
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