Express Scripts: A Security Issue Long After

Express Scripts, a company based in St. Louis, failed to inform the security breach of hundreds of thousands customer prescription records almost a year after the breach. The company specializes in pharmacy benefits management for . In October 2008, a few extortionists had hacked the system and gained access to some of the records, which included Social Security numbers, names, birth dates, and prescription data of 75 patients. These extortionists also claimed that they would make the information public if the company did not concede with the money. Instead of providing the money, Express Scripts reported the problem directly to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation). In November, the company notified customers of the breach, but it did not specify who or what information was hacked. At the present moment, the company announced that it was 700,000 customers whose information was accessed.

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