BERLIN: Lufthansa said hackers had managed to break into the accounts of some of its frequent flyers and use their miles to make purchases, just two weeks after British Airways suffered a similar attack.
The hackers used lists to try to match usernames and passwords - when one matched, they made purchases using the miles on the frequent flyer`s account.
"After some signs of misuse on the Lufthansa website, we took immediate action," a spokesman told Reuters, confirming a report by Germany`s magazine Spiegel.
He said Lufthansa had blocked several hundred accounts as a result, and any miles spent by the hackers had been credited back to customer accounts.
The hackers had not gained access to any of Lufthansa`s databases, the spokesman added.
British Airways late last month also froze tens of thousands of frequent flyer accounts after an attack by hackers.