NIH Laptop Stolen with No Encryption

2,500 patients who were enrolled in a National Institutes of Health study are now at risk for Identity Theft, due to the theft of a laptop which was no encrypted.

According to the Washington Post, the laptop also contained 7 years' worth of clinical trial data and the storage method used violated the government's data-security policy of encrypting sensitive data.

The Government Accountability Office reported finding at least 19 of 24 agencies reviewed experienced at least one infiltration that could expose people's personal information to identity theft, the Post said.