Obamacare website security at ‘high risk’ before launch -memo

BOSTON, Oct 31: The security of the Obama administration’s healthcare website was at “high risk” because of lack of testing before it opened for enrollment on October 1, according to a government memorandum reviewed by Reuters yesterday. The HealthCare.Gov site collects a trove of sensitive data, such as Social Security numbers, email addresses, phone numbers and birth dates that could be used by criminals in an array of schemes. (agencies)