Booming market for fake Covid-19 vaccine passports sparks alarm


A healthcare worker presents her additional Covid-19 vaccinations card after a vaccination with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in Germany. The FBI urged people not to post photos of their vaccination cards on social media, warning that the information could be used by scammers to forge documents. — AFP

Fake coronavirus vaccine passports are being sold online for “peanuts” in a fast-growing scam that has alarmed authorities as countries bet on the documents to revive travel and their economies, cybersecurity experts said.

From Iceland to Israel, a number of countries have started to lift lockdown restrictions for people who can prove they have been vaccinated – letting them visit leisure venues or cross borders if they show vaccine papers.

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