Medical prescription company blackmailed: "Pay up or we'll divulge patient info on millions"
Wired's Threat Level blog reports that Express Scripts of St. Louis, Missouri has contacted the FBI regarding an extortion threat made against it in early October:
Express Scripts said it has received an anonymous letter containing the names of some 75 clients that includes dates of birth, Social Security numbers and their prescriptions. The letter threatens to expose millions of patient records if Express Scripts does not pay an undisclosed amount of money."
The company managed prescription benefits for 50 million patients. They say they've alerted the 75 people listed in the threat letter, and have set up a website to provide more help for members: http://esisupports.com
Extortion Plot Threatens to Divulge Millions of Patients' Prescriptions [Wired]
