VA: Officials: Hacker may have stolen Social Security numbers

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://hamptonroads.com/2009/06/officials-hacker-may-have-stolen-social-security-numbers

State officials are notifying more than a half-million Virginians that 
their Social Security numbers may have been contained in a prescription 
drug database that was targeted by a computer hacker April 30.

The hacker gained access to the Prescription Monitoring Program computer 
system, which is designed to deter prescription drug abuse, and demanded a 
$10 million ransom. The hacker has not been found.

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