And it starts...
From Columbia, SC's
WISTV:
Midlands man has personal information compromised on healthcare.gov
About a month ago, attorney Tom Dougall logged on to healthcare.gov to browse for cheaper insurance for him and his wife.
On Friday, the last thing he expected to hear on his voicemail was a man from North Carolina who says he can access all of Tom's personal information.
Dougall says he thought it was a scam until he realized his privacy had been breached.
"I believe somehow the ACA, the Healthcare website has sent me your information, is what it looks like," said Justin Hadley, a North Carolina resident who could access Tom's information on healthcare.gov. "I think there's a problem with the wrong information getting to the wrong people."
In a telephone interview, Hadley said he simply put in his username and password when Dougall's information appeared.
"The next page that came up was a page that prompted that I have a marketplace eligibility information to download. And that's when I clicked download and Mr. Dougall's information came up in a PDF document," said Hadley.
Fortunatley, Hadley was a
White Hat. I hate to think of the number of
Black Hats out there quietly hacking away -- the damages could be in the millions and there would be zero recourse.
Posted by DaveH at November 4, 2013 8:17 PM