A large manager of prescription benefits has charged that extortionists have threatened to disclose medical information on its customers if the company fails to meet payment demands, the Washington Post reported.
Express Scripts said it had received a letter in October that listed the names, birth dates and Social Security numbers on 75 of its customers. In some cases, prescription data was included, the Post continued.
The letter stated that millions of such records would be released if the company failed to pay, the article said.
Express Scripts processes prescription claims for more than 1,600 companies, handling 500 million prescriptions year for roughly 50 million Americans, the Post stated.
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