Hackers last week broke into a Virginia state Web site used by pharmacists to track prescription drug abuse. They deleted records on more than 8 million patients and replaced the site s homepage with a ransom note demanding $10 million for the return of the records, according to a posting on Wikileaks.org, an online clearinghouse for leaked documents. Read the full story on WaPo Security Fix (Brian Krebs): Hackers demanded $10million for the release of the stolen records.
Source: https://threatpost.com/hackers-break-database-demand-ransom-050509/72624/