Security News > 2021 > July > Northern Ireland suspends vaccine passport system after data leak

Northern Ireland's Department of Health has temporarily halted its COVID-19 vaccine certification online service following a data exposure incident.
Some users of the COVIDCert NI service were presented with data of other users, under certain circumstances, says the Department.
COVIDCert vaccine check service halted after data leak.
This week, Northern Ireland's Department of Health has temporarily suspended their COVIDCert online vaccination certification service after a data incident.
The Northern Ireland service is available via the covidcertni.
"The Northern Ireland COVID Certification Service will be available from 9am on 30 July for those travelling on 1 August in the first instance."
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