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Data thieves are threatening to release millions of patient records held by a U.S. prescription drug management company unless the company pays up.

A security researcher at the SANS Institute's internet Storm Center warned Adobe Reader users to update their software as soon as possible now that attackers are exploiting a vulnerability in the software patched earlier this week.

Hackers have launched a massive Web hacking campaign, putting malicious links on as many as 10,000 servers, security vendor Kaspersky Lab warned Friday.