Virginia Department of Health Professions
Disclosed May 4, 200917 years ago530,000 affectedUnverified
Hackers demand $10 million ransom for Virginia prescription database
Hackers claimed to have stolen millions of records from Virginia's Prescription Monitoring Program database and demanded a $10 million ransom. The FBI and state police investigated, and the state notified about 530,000 people.
What is known
| People affected | 530,000 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | May 4, 2009 |
| Attack | Extortion |
| Data exposed | Health, Names, Social Security numbers |
| Sector | Government · US |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: A Chronology of Data Breaches (archived February 2010)web.archive.org · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | May 4, 2009 | 530,000 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · added · seed source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Research). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.