RICHMOND — Pharmacy chain Walgreens said a data breach occurred when a vendor transporting prescription-related information from a location in the Northern Neck lost the records.

On April 7, the vendor picked up the information from the Walgreens at 15748 Kings Highway in Montross, about an hour and a half northeast of Richmond, and began transporting it to a destruction facility. But on Aug. 1, Walgreens discovered that the information did not reach its destination and was missing.

The lost records include patient names and addresses, medicine information such as drug names and prescriber names and prescription numbers.

Walgreens said credit card numbers, driver’s license information, Social Security cards and banking information were not compromised.

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