The card showed medically sensitive information, including his vaccine lot number, clinic location and the brand of vaccination received. As the Covid vaccine rolls out to more people around the country, I've lost track of how many vaccine information cards I've seen across social networks and chat apps. Cybersecurity experts said they're not aware of any widespread hacks or scams specific to vaccine cards -- though the roots of identity theft are hard to uncover. With or without the medical record number, she said, vaccine cards could also allow a hacker to conduct a phishing scheme to steal data and passwords. "Individuals should be as wary of posting vaccine records information as they would be about posting their credit card numbers online."

Source: CNN March 18, 2021 13:52 UTC