People who travel a lot and therefore make substantial use of hotels are warned of new methods hackers and thieves have recently been employing. It has been called to the attention of some that most thieves swarm at hotels and from there pinpoint or target their next victim. A report from Trustwave, a company on data security, revealed that this year, more than 35 percent of credit card hackings happened in hotels, or implicated the hotel industry.
The reason why hotels are the target is obvious – most of the rich stay in these places and are easy pools of prospects. More than that, the victims often do not notice that their information has been stolen until after several months have gone by. By the time the victim realizes what has happened; the perpetrator has already hidden with ease and has probably moved on to its next target.
Although most hotels boast of unparalleled physical security, few can totally and confidently claim that their information and data security is as strong. S