Stolen laptop had IDs on 268,000 Minnesota blood donors
A laptop stolen during a recent blood drive contained sensitive information on 268,000 Minnesota-region blood donors, Memorial Blood Centers said Wednesday.
The laptop was in a briefcase that was stolen just before 7 a.m. on Nov. 28 as workers were setting up a blood drive, said Laura Kaplan, manager of marketing and communications at the blood center. "They were setting up for a blood drive, and this was in a briefcase," she said. "The police have told us they believe it was a random crime."
Memorial Blood Centers is a nonprofit blood bank based in St. Paul, Minn. It operates 10 blood-collection centers in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin and collects about 125,000 units of blood each year.
