An attacker has compromised Virginia medical data, deleted it, and posted a note that demanded $10 million to give it back.

An online thief compromised the network of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Department of Health Professions, allegedly stealing healthcare data on nearly 8.3 million patients, according to reports.

The network intruder left a message claiming to have taken 8.26 million patient medical records and almost 36 million prescriptions, according to the SecurityFix blog. While a screenshot of the ransom note was first posted by Wikileaks, the leaked-documents site is currently down.

The compromised site was used by pharmacists to track prescription drug use. It is hard to believe the note was anything more than a joke to catch people’s attention.