traveler beware

[baronessekat]

Last week my boss was in Denver on a business trip. On Thursday he went out with someone for coffee and left his laptop in the hotel room. Something we've all done as we don't need it where we were going to and it would be a burden to keep track of.

Details are a little fuzzy but...Anyway, apparently during that time, someone entered his hotel room and used his laptop to access his bank records using the "forgot password" feature. And using the information they got then set up an account at another bank and did a bank to bank transfer of over $8,000.00.

The banks are being good and he will be getting the money bank as it was a fraud transfer.

But it makes you think to not leave your laptop in the hotel room if there is extremely personal information on it.

Just wanted to share this with my friends so they too know to be a bit more cautious.

Comments

[furryjackal.livejournal.com]

You know this is why I am always nervous about leaving my laptop in my hotel rooms. Things like this or it being stolen.
Probably not very useful but perhaps pass wording your laptop out is at least a small safeguard. My laptop has one of those fingerprint password things. I find myself wondering how safe those are.

[damedini.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing he left it on and unlocked. Cause otherwise there's that whole password thing.