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The Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program has reportedly been compromised, with those responsible deleting records and now wanting $10 million before the records are restored, Wikileaks.org discovered.

"I have your [expletive] In *my* possession, right now, are 8,257,378 patient records and a total of 35,548,087 prescriptions," the hacker said in a ransom note.  "Also, I made an encrypted backup and deleted the original. Unfortunately for Virginia, their backups seem to have gone missing, too. Uhoh :(For $10 million, I will gladly send along the password."

The Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program website is used to help pharmacists track prescription drug abuse, and has the records of 8 million state residents available through the network.  The network, along with other portals connected to the Virginia Department of Health Professions, is still unavailable at the moment.

State health officials are now working with the FBI to try and identify and locate those responsible for bringing down the network.  As the case is ongoing, the FBI hasn't issued a statement regarding the intrusion, though will be looking for sources both in the United States and across the world.

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