Virginia Patient Records Held Hostage by Hackers

What we have here is a data breach of major proportions that’s been turned into data-napping, as well. According to a post on WikiLeaks, which you may recall is an online database of leaked documents, the hackers are asking for $10,000,000 to release 8,257,378 patient records and a total of 35,548,087 prescriptions. The hackers replaced the (more or less) secure site for the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program with the following ransom demand: “I have your sh*t! In *my* possession, right now, are 8,257,378

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