Cyber-hoodlum tripped, fell, landed in Obama's Healthcare.gov server

By Iain Thomson, 5 Sep 2014
 
Officials at the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) have today confirmed that one of the Healthcare.gov servers was hacked.
The system was compromised in July, when an as-yet unidentified miscreant managed to worm his or her way in and install malware. The security breach was spotted and the machine – which was apparently used for testing – has been shut down, according to the government.
 "Our review indicates that the server did not contain consumer personal information; data was not transmitted outside the agency, and the website was not specifically targeted," a DHHS spokesman told The Wall Street Journal. "We have taken measures to further strengthen security."
The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are investigating the case and have identified a number of IP addresses that were used by the intruder. Officials say the infected server was used to test code for the website and that it is unlikely hackers were attempting to access healthcare information or that they were state sponsored.
 
The Register/ full article here/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/05/healthcaregov_hacked/