U.S. looking into cybersecurity incidents targeting Obamacare website

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U.S. looking into cybersecurity incidents targeting Obamacare website

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-looking-cybersecurity-incidents-targeting-obamacare-website-212433103.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0huhsN8Af5ET_CwGjy4mpQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-13T212433Z_1_CBRE9AC1NH100_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEALTHCARE-TECHNOLOGY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man looks over the Affordable Care Act signup page on the HealthCare.gov website in New York in this photo illustration" align="left" title="A man looks over the Affordable Care Act signup page on the HealthCare.gov website in New York in this photo illustration" border="0" /></a>By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are investigating a series of cybersecurity incidents targeting the HealthCare.gov website at the center of President Obama's healthcare law, a U.S. homeland security official told Congress on Wednesday. Roberta Stempfley, acting assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, said her department was aware of &quot;about 16&quot; reports from the Department of Health and Human Services - which is responsible for implementing the healthcare law - on cybersecurity incidents related to the website. Testifying before the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, Stempfley also said officials were aware of an unsuccessful attempt by hackers to organize a &quot;denial of service&quot; attack to overwhelm and take down the website.</p><br clear="all"/>

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