A kindSince Wednesday, pharmacies across Germany have not been able to issue new crown vaccination certificates. The German Association of Pharmacists (DAV) announced on Thursday that after consultation with the Federal Ministry of Health, it has stopped issuing certificates.Frankfurters pharmacy When asked by FAZ, it was confirmed that due to technical problems, the vaccination certificate could not be issued at this time.
Therefore, Handelsblatt successfully generated visitor access rights for non-existent pharmacy owners on the DAV server “with the help of professional forged documents”, and then issued two vaccination certificates. Therefore, the registered sites are currently being checked. But so far, there is no evidence of other unauthorized access.
Upon request, Handelsblatt announced that it was correct that the newspaper found serious security loopholes in the creation of digital vaccination certificates. “However, Handelsblatt itself did not enter the system; two IT security experts disclosed the vulnerability, thus proving that the portal has major flaws,” said a publisher’s spokeswoman.
When can the pharmacy issue the vaccination certificate again, according to crowd It has not been fixed yet. However, it can be assumed that the more than 25 million vaccination certificates issued so far have come from legally registered pharmacies.
