Hospital staff details on stolen laptop

HOSPITAL chiefs have begun contacting employees in the last week notifying them of the potential misuse of over 1,000 personal bank details contained on a laptop stolen three years ago.

The laptop is one of three flagged as a concern out of 16 stolen from staff from the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (C&AG) office in the last decade.

The particular laptop in question contained payroll details of staff members of a Leinster-based hospital, the Irish Examiner has learnt.