Northern Ireland's COVID certification service suspended after data leak

guest · Jul 28, 2021

Northern Ireland's COVID certification service suspended after data leak
July 28, 2021
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Northern Ireland's Department of Health (DoH) has temporarily halted its COVID-19 vaccine certification online service following a data exposure incident.

Some users of COVIDCert NI app were presented with data of other users, under certain circumstances, says the Department.
As seen by BleepingComputer, neither the web service nor the mobile app functionality is accessible at the time of writing.
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COVIDCert vaccine check service halted after data leak
This week, Northern Ireland's Department of Health (DoH) has temporarily suspended their COVIDCert online vaccination certification service after a data incident.

This is a separate system from NHS COVID Pass used in England & Wales, and a similar "vaccine passport" style service used by Public Health Scotland.
The Northern Ireland service is available via the covidcertni.nidirect.gov.uk website or mobile app for Android and iOS users.
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NI Department of Health promptly reported the issue to UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after becoming aware of it.

"Immediate action has also been taken to temporarily remove a part of the service that manages identity," the Department announced in a notice published yesterday.
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guest · Jul 30, 2021

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Northern Ireland's COVID certification service suspended after data leak July 28, 2021
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BleepingComputer has reached out to the department with specific questions, including how many users were impacted, and what caused the incident. We are awaiting their response.

"The Northern Ireland COVID Certification Service will be available from 9am on 30 July for those travelling on 1 August in the first instance."
"Some applications will be processed manually and applicants will be contacted via email on what to do as they progress."
"We must insist that those travelling outside of the 1 August do not apply, or they will simply delay the full restoration of normal services," further announced DoH.
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Update 30-Jul-2021 02:13 ET: Added subsequent announcement from NI DoH.
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