Bank of America laptop stolen; customer data compromised

A Bank of America laptop containing customer information including names, account numbers and social security numbers was stolen from a bank facility.

Bank spokesperson Betty Riess would not say how many customers were affected were involved or what location the laptop was taken from.“It’s still part of an ongoing investigation, but I can tell you it’s a very small number,” she said.The laptop contained encryption software, and there was no evidence that any customer’s information had been accessed so far, she said.