Drudge Predicts Hackers Will Breach Obamacare DBs
Matt Drudge tweeted a rare thought-stream this morning. In the wake of the Obama Administration using the IRS to harrass the Tea Party and to suppress votes in Ohio by denying Tea Party groups the ability to collect charitable donations, Drudge reminded everyone that soon the IRS will have access to all American health records too. The Obamacare model puts the IRS in charge of taxing health care plans and confirming that Americans are eligible for health insurance. This is the way it is done now at the Veteran’s Administration. Drudge Tweeted:
And soon the IRS will have your health information. Cough.
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) May 13, 2013
Gov’t will have your ObamaCare ID #, access your health records, see your meds, know your diagnosis…
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) May 13, 2013
Hackers will finally know if Bill Clinton has herpes. Hillary takes Topomax. When Pelosi had Botox. Obama’s valium dose. Biden’s latest MRI.
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) May 13, 2013
White House official will know the health status of a reporter grilling him… “Mr. Woodward, do you really want to go there?”
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) May 13, 2013
And in 25 years after the great civil war, after American Holocaust is over, a brave new president will unplug the database, vow NEVER AGAIN
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) May 13, 2013
So is Drudge correct? Will hackers break into the Obamacare database and expose health privacy information of Americans? Would hackers release a database of anyone who received drug rehab treatments? How about HIV infections? What about abortions? Once the government puts all of that information in a single place it will get breached. Think it can’t happen? Well, it already did- at least in the Veterans Administration, the health model that Obamacare is based on.
In 2010 I had the pleasure of working on the VA’s network. I had full network packet access and some of the breaches I saw were absolutely shocking. For one, there was tons of Russian Botnet Beaconing on the network’s backbone. When traced, it was discovered that most of the beaconing was originating from small linux boxes that were purchased by the VA for use by doctors to remotely monitor veterans’ health. These tiny linux boxes monitored things like blood O2 levels, heartrate, IV drips, and so forth. But these boxes came from the manufacturer with these Russian botnets pre-installed.
When we asked the VA if they were going to disinfect these boxes, they refused to do so. They cited Veteran’s health as more important than cyber-security issues. So the Russian botnets stayed, collecting and exfiltrating data to criminals. And it will be child’s play for Anonymous or other hacker groups to stage a similar wide-scale breach. Think it was shocking when Wikileaks posted secrets online? Wait until no one has medical privacy anymore. Obamacare will be expensive, breachable, and will do nothing to improve anyone’s healthcare. Drudge thinks Ocare cyber breaches will happen, and I know for a fact it will.
