[Dataloss] laptop stolen in PA

[Henry Brown]

http://www.wgal.com/news/16008321/detail.html

EAST HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A laptop stolen from a doctors office 
containing the social security numbers of patients and office staff was 
stolen recently in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County.

East Hempfield Township police said someone stole the computer from an 
unlocked conference room inside the Physicians Alliance office building 
on Columbia Avenue last week.

The theft has raised fears for identity theft.

Police said they suspect whoever stole the laptop wanted the computer 
more than the information on it.

Investigators also said the personal information is not easy to access.

General Internal Medicine of Lancaster located in the office building 
sent a letter to patients to alert them of what happened. They told 
patients in the letter to keep an eye on credit card statements and file 
a fraud report.