Thief nabs backup data on 365,000 patients

27.01.2006

The incident is the second data theft from a motor vehicle announced this week. On Thursday, Minneapolis-based financial services company Ameriprise Financial Inc. said it is notifying some 158,000 customers and 68,000 financial advisers that a laptop containing personal information about them -- including names, account numbers or Social Security numbers -- was stolen from a parked car late last month.