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Your Hotel Stay Stole Your Credit Card

Posted by martin on Feb 8th, 2010 and filed under Cybercrime. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

Wondering just how someone stole your identity and went to Bloomingdale’s? It could have had something to do with your recent hotel stay. Recent cybersecurity research has shown a spike in incidents targeting hotels and resorts. Happy travels! According to Nicholas Percoco, a cybersecurity researcher for the security firm Trustwave, “The hospitality industry was the flavor of the year for cybercrime.” In 38% of the security breach investigations Trustwave performed last year, hotels and resorts were the victims.

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