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ObamaCare's Belarusian Connection - Fox Nation
1. ObamaCare's Belarusian Connection - Fox Nation
The Belarusian Connection
ObamaCare network vulnerable to cyber attack
BY: Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon
http://money.cnn.com/
U.S. intelligence agencies last week urged the Obama administration to check its new healthcare
network for malicious software after learning that developers linked to the Belarus government
helped produce the website, raising fresh concerns that private data posted by millions of Americans
will be compromised.
The intelligence agencies notified the Department of Health and Human Services, the agency in
2. charge of the Healthcare.gov network, about their concerns last week. Specifically, officials warned
that programmers in Belarus, a former Soviet republic closely allied with Russia, were suspected of
inserting malicious code that could be used for cyber attacks, according to U.S. officials familiar
with the concerns.
The software links the millions of Americans who signed up for Obamacare to the federal
government and more than 300 medical institutions and healthcare providers.
"The U.S. Affordable Care Act software was written in part in Belarus by software developers under
state control, and that makes the software a potential target for cyber attacks," one official said.
Cyber security officials said the potential threat to the U.S. healthcare data is compounded by what
they said was an Internet data "hijacking" last year involving Belarusian state-controlled networks.
The month-long diversion covertly rerouted massive amounts of U.S. Internet traffic to Belarus--a
repressive dictatorship located between Russia, Poland, and Ukraine.
"Belarusian President [Alexander] Lukashenko's authoritarian regime is closely allied with Russia
and is adversarial toward the United States," the official added.
The combination of the Belarus-origin software, the Internet re-routing, and the anti-U.S. posture of
the Belarusian government "makes the software written in Belarus a potential target of cyber
attacks for identity theft and privacy violations" of Americans, the official said.
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UPDATE:
Statement from Caitlin Hayden, National Security Council spokesperson:
"The Intelligence Committee recalled the report for their own reasons, so would suggest reaching
out to the DNI's office.?Beyond that would say that immediately upon learning of the now-recalled
report, HHS conducted a review to determine whether, in fact, any of the software associated with
the Affordable Care Act was written by Belarussian software developers. So far HHS has found no
indications that any software was developed in Belarus. However, as a matter of due diligence, they
will continue to review the supply chain. Supply chain risk is real and it is one of our top concerns in
the area of cybersecurity."
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![charge of the Healthcare.gov network, about their concerns last week. Specifically, officials warned
that programmers in Belarus, a former Soviet republic closely allied with Russia, were suspected of
inserting malicious code that could be used for cyber attacks, according to U.S. officials familiar
with the concerns.
The software links the millions of Americans who signed up for Obamacare to the federal
government and more than 300 medical institutions and healthcare providers.
"The U.S. Affordable Care Act software was written in part in Belarus by software developers under
state control, and that makes the software a potential target for cyber attacks," one official said.
Cyber security officials said the potential threat to the U.S. healthcare data is compounded by what
they said was an Internet data "hijacking" last year involving Belarusian state-controlled networks.
The month-long diversion covertly rerouted massive amounts of U.S. Internet traffic to Belarus--a
repressive dictatorship located between Russia, Poland, and Ukraine.
"Belarusian President [Alexander] Lukashenko's authoritarian regime is closely allied with Russia
and is adversarial toward the United States," the official added.
The combination of the Belarus-origin software, the Internet re-routing, and the anti-U.S. posture of
the Belarusian government "makes the software written in Belarus a potential target of cyber
attacks for identity theft and privacy violations" of Americans, the official said.
?======================================================
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business
UPDATE:
Statement from Caitlin Hayden, National Security Council spokesperson:
"The Intelligence Committee recalled the report for their own reasons, so would suggest reaching
out to the DNI's office.?Beyond that would say that immediately upon learning of the now-recalled
report, HHS conducted a review to determine whether, in fact, any of the software associated with
the Affordable Care Act was written by Belarussian software developers. So far HHS has found no
indications that any software was developed in Belarus. However, as a matter of due diligence, they
will continue to review the supply chain. Supply chain risk is real and it is one of our top concerns in
the area of cybersecurity."
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