Of course healthcare.gov can be hacked — just as we knew it would be.

And your medical records can be accessed — by anyone with the cash and the time and the experience — just as we knew it can be.

From MarketWatch.com:

Hacker breached HealthCare.gov insurance site

by Danny Yadron

A hacker broke into part of the HealthCare.gov insurance enrollment website in July and uploaded malicious software, according to federal officials.

Investigators found no evidence that consumers’ personal data was taken in the breach, federal officials said. The hacker appears only to have accessed a server used to test code for HealthCare.gov. The Department of Health and Human Services discovered the attack last week.

An HHS official said the attack appears to mark the first successful intrusion into the website, where millions of Americans bought insurance starting last year under the Affordable Care Act. It raised concerns among federal officials because of how easily the intruder gained access and how much damage could have occurred.

Ah.  Nice to know the federal government — the most massive repository of medical records on the planet — can be so readily and illegally accessed.  Let’s see, what else is on this website?  Oh, that’s right — roughly everything about you, to include your health history, your SSN, your address, predilections, credit history, personal information, ad nauseum.

Perfect.  My confidence in the federal government his skyrocketed, as I’m sure your has too.

Just as we knew it would.

BZ