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Credit Card Fraud of Concern to 240,000 Hotels.com Customers

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Thinkpad (AXcess News) Reno, NV - A laptop that belonged to an Ernst and Youngemployee was stolen that contained the account information of over 240,000 Hotel.com customers. But what concerns the customers most is the fact that their credit card information was also on the laptop, exposing all of them to potential credit card fraud.

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Microsoft Ernst and Young told Hotels.com about the laptop theft May 3rd. The accounting firm has been the outside auditors of Hotels.com for years and said that transactions recorded on the laptop were mostly from 2004, although some were from 2003 or 2002. Hotels.com confirmed the information.

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Laptop Computers The laptop computer was stolen from a car in Texas and the account information was password protected, Hotels.com said. The files contained information on 243,000 Hotels.com customers including names, addresses and credit card information.

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Laptop Computer Expedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE), which owns Hotels.com, said that police investigators had no clue about the theft and so far, the credit card information had not been compromised.

Credit Card and Personal Information When you order online with Laptopshop your credit card details are passed through a secure server where millions of code combinations scramble the signal whilst you are entering and transmitting the details. security. Once this process is complete and we have processed your order all credit or debit card details are automatically removed from the server. We do retain some basic customer information which may be used for guarantee purposes, customer recognition, or to inform you of any special offers.

Desktop Computer Hotels.com has sent letters to those customers whose information was on the stolen laptop cautioning them that they should take steps to protect their credit card information, saying that Ernst and Young was now taking additional steps to protect Hotels.com customer information to avoid potential fraud in the future.

Notebooks Shares of Expedia were up 24 cents, or 1.68 percent, at $14.54. The travel giant saw its shares rise 3 percent last week Wednesday after Credit Suisse analyst Heath P. Terry upgraded Expedia shares to "Neutral" from "Underperform," maintaining a target price of $16.

Lenovo According to an industry survey by comScore, domestic travel e-commerce grew 14.4 percent, year-on-year, in April, Perry said.

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