Breach Revealed after Extortion Threat
Express Script, a pharmacy benefits-management firm, has recently revealed a data theft that took place in early October. The information was made public after being threatened the stolen data will be made public if a certain amount of money had not been paid.
The threat was made within a letter from the thieves who claimed they had beached Express Script’s network security and gotten their hands on millions of customer records. According to SecurityFocus, the letter listed personal details on 75 of Express Script’s, including their names, dates of birth, social security numbers, and in some cases, their prescription information. Although it’s only recently been released to the public, the data theft had been reported by Express Scripts to the FBI. The Bureau is currently running a full investigation on the incident.
The company is also notifying all those affected by the breach so that they can take the neccessary precaution to prevent and identity theft. SecurityFocus has not released the sum of money requested by the thieves.
