Express Scripts, the nation’s third largest pharmacy benefits management company, is offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for trying to extort money from the company. The St. Louis-based firm said last week that in early October it received a letter that included the names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and in some cases prescription data on employees from 75 of its customers. The authors also threatened to expose millions of consumer records if the company declined to pay up, Express Scripts said. Express Scripts handles roughly 500 million prescriptions a year for about 50 million Americans. Since the company has said it has no intention of paying the ransom, the attackers appear to be trying new tactics. Express Scripts said the extortionists have now moved on to directly contacting companies who use their services, by sending letters to the