A desktop computer storing personal health information for approximately 8,400 patients was stolen from NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City , according to an SC Magazine report . The computer was stolen from the faculty group practice office of John Golfinos , MD , the chairman of the department of neurosurgery . According to the report , the patient information includes names , addresses , dates of birth , telephone numbers and insurance and clinical information . About 5,000 of the lost records contained Social Security numbers . According to the report , the computer was password protected but unencrypted . ;