Hotels.com Customer Info & Credit Card Fraud Risk
Hotels.com, a hotel comparison engine and a model for many travel oriented search entities, has told the Associated Press that its customers may be at risk for credit card fraud after a laptop computer containing the personal information of Hotels.com customers was stolen from an Ernst & Young auditor.
The password-protected laptop belonging to an Ernst & Young auditor was taken in late February from a locked car, said Paul Kranhold, spokesman for Hotels.com, a subsidiary of Expedia.com based in Bellevue, Wash.
“As a result of our ongoing communication with law enforcement, we don’t have any indication that any credit card numbers have been used for fraudulent activity,” Kranhold said. “It appears the laptop was not the target of the break-in.”
From Ernst & Young :
Ernst & Young was taking additional steps to protect the confidentiality of its data, including encrypting the sensitive information we provide to them as part of the audit process.
