Lodging comparison site Hotels.com said 243,000 of its customers may be at risk for credit card fraud or identity theft after a laptop containing their personal information was stolen from a company auditor in late February.
The password-protected laptop was stolen from the locked car of an Ernst & Young auditor, according to a statement from Paul Kranhold, spokesman for the Web company, an Expedia.com subsidiary.
“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.
The stolen computer contained personal information including names, addresses and credit card numbers for about 243,000 Hotels.com customers.
Hotels.com and Ernst & Young mailed letters to Hotels.com customers last week advising them to take steps to guard their personal data.
The two companies said the data on the stolen laptop pertained mostly to 2004, although some transactions from 2003 and 2002 were included.
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