A man hacked into the airline’s computer system and received free tickets for $ 20 thousand

The man, whose name is not disclosed, is accused of breaking into the computer system of Brussels Airlines and booking three free business class flights from Europe to New York, reports Independent.

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In 2016, a 25-year-old man allegedly hacked into the Brussels Airlines ticket sales system using a special application designed to purchase tickets by airline employees.

After booking, he canceled the tickets in order to refund his money, but, by manipulating the URL, the order remained valid.

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Business class tickets were valued at nearly € 6 ($ 000) each, with the result that the airline lost about € 6 ($ 772).

The carrier filed a civil lawsuit against the intruder and requires € 20 to cover the costs of air travel and the additional costs of installing protection against hacker attacks on the site.

A representative of Brussels Airlines said: “We want to return the cost of three business tickets to New York, plus some airport fees for canceled tickets and € 1000 in the additional fees we paid for the security of the systems.”

However, this person’s lawyer claims that the defendant should not pay an extra € 1000, since he helped the airline by showing her the weakness of the previous version of their computer system. The court is scheduled for March 30.

This is not the first time that a traveler fraudulently tries to get benefits.

In November 2019, a man was caught trying to impersonate a pilot at a Delhi airport in India. Rajan Mahbubani tried to board an AirAsia flight, pretending to be a Lufthansa pilot to get benefits. But he was detained before being able to board aboard I5-579 in Calcutta.

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In a Lufthansa uniform with a fake ID card that he received in Bangkok, Mahbubani stated that he had traveled successfully between Delhi and Calcutta more than 15 times in the past six months, using the same trick.

While he always had valid plane tickets, Makhbubani used a trick to gain quicker access to the aircraft cabin and not stand in line with other passengers.

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