The records of nearly 10,000 patients at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have been stolen. The records were on a computer and the information taken included Social Security numbers and medical records of patients associated with UAB's kidney transplant program. Those affected by the theft include donors, recipients and potential recipients in the program.

UAB has initiated a criminal investigation through its own police department and is offering to pay for a year's subscription to a credit monitoring service for those affected. UAB claims it has no knowledge to date that anyone has made use of the stolen information, and says it has put additional physical security measures into place.
 
The Veteran's Affairs Administration had a similar situation with data theft recently, While VA officials have said that no medical records or financial information were among the stolen data, they later reported that some information on the veterans' disabilities may have been taken.