Flaw exposed on NHS Covid jab website that allows users to work out another person's vaccine status - News Summed Up

Flaw exposed on NHS Covid jab website that allows users to work out another person's vaccine status


By Georgia Simcox For Mailonline and PaPublished: 13:26 EDT, 6 May 2021 | Updated: 18:54 EDT, 6 May 2021An apparent flaw has been uncovered on the coronavirus vaccine booking website that allows anyone to work out another person's status using basic personal information. Using such simple details, the responses on the subsequent screen can be used to deduce whether a person has been vaccinated. According to The Guardian, using the information of a person who has not had any jabs goes through to a standard screening page. It was reported that details can also be abused to make a second vaccine booking for people who have only had their first jab through a GP so far. 'This online system has left the population's Covid vaccine statuses exposed to absolutely anyone to pry into.


Source: The Nation May 06, 2021 23:01 UTC



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