<s>
MicroPatent	B-Application
was	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
the	O
Thomson	O
Corporation	O
(	O
now	O
Thomson	O
Reuters	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
hacker	O
Myron	O
Tereshchuk	O
attempted	O
to	O
extort	O
$17million	O
from	O
MicroPatent	B-Application
by	O
threatening	O
to	O
release	O
confidential	O
information	O
and	O
launch	O
a	O
DDOS	O
attack	O
.	O
</s>
