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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat are the odds that the "bugs" that have been messing up the Federal ACA exchange today,
causing it to be shut down for hours, are related to deliberate hacking attempts?
Lately, everything's been reminding me of House of Cards.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Hearing of this on NPR today.
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)After months of things going smoothly.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)malaise
(268,949 posts)lock them up
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)things they want to avoid doing. Have you seen all the news stories (and stories on DU)
on the huge number of last-minute aca joiners?
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Spazito
(50,314 posts)it certainly is their modus operandi.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)I hope/wish that makes this appropriate for me:
but I bet you are right.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)It was already not the most stable website, so I don't think it's surprising that it crumbled under a last-minute surge.
blogslut
(37,999 posts)Keep in mind that there are numerous databases, located in different states, connecting/communicating with each other, querying, verifying and well, it ain't 1-2-3 go!
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)blogslut
(37,999 posts)But I do have a basic understanding of how websites and databases work and rock-solid experience with masses of people trying to make a deadline.