KOMO-TV - Seattle, Washington - Consumer News - Hard drives with hundreds of patient files stolen: "KOMO 4 News has learned a thief or thieves have stolen computer hard drives with personal files on hundreds of local patients.

Police aren't saying much, but it appears to involve someone that has access to offices in the building.

This week, Swedish Urology Group notified hundreds of patients and former patients about potential identity theft at its office in Seattle.

'I'm worried about my social security number and my credit rating,' said one patient who wished to be identified by her first name, Kaye, out of privacy concerns.

She got the letter yesterday.

The Swedish Urology Group is one of dozens inside the Madison Medical Tower in the First Hill neighborhood of Seattle.

In its letter to patients, the group says 'three external hard drives, which we use to back up our data, were stolen from our locked office suite.'

'Although we have security measures in place, the hard drives were taken as a result of an unforeseen intentional criminal activity.'

Based on our contact with patients and former patients who got the notice, the stolen computer go back as long as 3 or 4 years.
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