Thieves target hospital laptop with private patient data

Thieves have stolen a laptop containing patient details after breaking into a hospital office. Fortunately, there was no medical or financial information on the computer, but it did contain patient Social Security numbers. Experts at InfoWatch say that criminals are now ready to resort to burglary and physical attacks just to get their hands on such valuable information.

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