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Adolf Hitler, Mickey Mouse and SpongeBob all have
valid Covid Passports recognized by government apps
.
This phrase is not about hyperbole, but about demonstrations made by different hackers to prove that the
private keys used to sign the European Union covid passports have been leaked
and are circulating on the Internet.
The Covid Passport allows citizens and residents of the European Union to travel across the borders of different countries during the Covid-19 pandemic as proof to
demonstrate that its bearer is vaccinated against the virus
, has passed the
virus
and has recovered or your tests have returned a negative result.
Theoretically, when the Covid Passport for the European Union was launched, it was ensured that the QR codes of the covid passports
are protected against counterfeiting thanks to a digital signature
.
However, throughout this week, the private keys to sign the Covid Passports
have been leaked
on the Internet through Telegram and private messaging apps.
"Through various groups (mainly Telegram) several Covid Private Passports with authentic signature are circulating. There is a possibility that the database of private keys is compromised and this may mean a
break in the chain of trust
of the architecture of Covid Passports ", user Emanuele Laface warned on GitHub.
Covid passports for sale for 250 euros
In this way, any user with computer knowledge who has managed to get hold of these keys that circulate on the internet
can generate their own Covid passports capable of deceiving
official
government apps
.
Adolf Hitler's Covid passport identified as valid by a government app.
Likewise, with the leakage of these keys, a
business
has arisen
to sell
high-quality
counterfeit covid passports
in which it appears that their bearer has received a complete vaccination schedule in Poland for
250 euros
.
All over the internet there are samples of forged covid passports with the names of fictitious characters that, at the end of this edition,
government apps identified as valid
while the European Union investigates this security flaw.
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