ransom style

Both cowardly and desperate acts, hacking a company's website or data is not nearly the same as a kidnap-for-ransom of a living being. The cocky, in-your-face Virginia medical record hacker's ransom note might seem to have a familiar tone, reminiscent of the bizarre ransom note left for JonBenet's parents--

5/6/2009
Hacker says he stole confidential medical data on 8 million Virginia residents

"ATTENTION VIRGINIA

I have your s^#%! In *my* possession, right now, are 8,257,378 patient records and a total of 35,548,087 prescriptions. Also, I made an encrypted backup and deleted the original. Unfortunately for Virginia, their backups seem to have gone missing, too. Uhoh :(

For $10 million, I will gladly send along the password. You have 7 days to decide. If by the end of 7 days, you decide not to pony up, I'll go ahead and put this baby out on the market and accept the highest bid. Now I don't know what all this s^#% is worth or who would pay for it, but I'm bettin' someone will. Hell, if I can't move the prescription data at the very least I can find a buyer for the personal data (name,age,address,social security #, driver's license #).
Now I hear tell the F%$*#&$ Bunch of Idiots ain't fond of payin out, but I suggest that policy be turned right the f%$* around. When you boys get your act together, drop me a line at hackingforprofit@yahoo.com and we can discuss the details such as account number, etc.

Until then, have a wonderful day, I know I will ;)"