There have been more than a dozen attempts to attack the government web site . Chung said that in his estimation the skill set of the designers of the website were subpar , adding that `` when you have an environment where the developer can barely get the web site functional , security is way down on the list of things to take care of . None of the attacks have been successful , officials said . Officials also hired an ` ` ethical consultant '' to try to find flaws in the system . HealthCare.gov went live on July 1 ; plagued by internal problems since .
There have been more than a dozen attempts to attack the government web site . None of the attacks have been successful , officials said . Officials also hired an ` ` ethical consultant '' to try to find flaws in the system . HealthCare.gov went live on July 1 ; plagued by internal problems since .