Wednesday, 6. May 2009
Topic: SECURITY - on May 6, 2009 at 3:10:00 PM CEST
Hackers demand $10m ransom for Virginia medical data
Almost 8.3 million patient records have been stolen from a Virginia government website that tracks prescription drug abuse, according to hackers who are demanding a $10 million ransom for their return.
"I have your shit!" the note, which was posted to Wikileaks read. "In my possession, right now, are 8,257,378 patient records and a total of 35,548,087 prescriptions. Also, I made an encrypted backup and deleted the original. Unfortunately for Virginia, their backups seem to have gone missing, too."
