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Hotels Lead the Industry In Credit Card Theft
katarn writes "A study released this year found that, of the credit card hacking cases last year, 38 percent involved the hotel industry. At hotels with inadequate data security, the greatest amount of credit card information can be obtained using the simplest methods. It doesn't require brilliance on the part of the hacker. Most of the chronic security breaches in the hotel industry are the result of a failure to equip, or to store or transmit this kind of data properly, and that starts with the point-of-sale credit card swiping systems."
Redundant statement is redundant. Or poorly worded. Or just plain stupid.
Like the guy who moderated your post "redundant". Why are people with two digit IQs allowed at a nerd site, anyway?
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My flatmate works in one of the fancy hotels in Central London (I can never remember the name, the standard rooms are £300 a night or so).
Every couple of weeks she tells me about one of the rich Arabs that stays for months and insists on paying in cash. They like to flaunt their wealth, so they wait for reception to be really busy, then dump £30,000 in £20 notes on the desk. Most other guests pay by card (using the PIN, if their card supports it)