More than 10,000 physicians' and dentists' personal data was exposed last week in New Hampshire after an employee at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield transferred the health care providers' Social Security numbers and other data to a personal laptop that was later stolen.

Anthem spokesman Christopher Dugan said the security breach took place at the national level and the files did not include any patients' personal data.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association said the employees' ill-fated decision to transfer the sensitive information to a personal laptop violated the insurer's security policies.

Just last week, more than 33,000 patients receiving care from a Daytona Beach, Fla. medical center were notified that their data may have been compromised when a laptop was stolen from an employee's car.

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