After the hacking attack, now some problems have increased for the travelers arriving in Brazil. From the health point of view, whatever important points the government was going to implement, now they have been postponed for a week.
“On Friday morning she encountered an incident that temporarily tampered with some of her systems … which are not currently operational,” it said in a statement. Police said the hacking is being investigated.
The alleged hackers had identified themselves as belonging to the Lapsus$ Group. They posted a message on the website saying that the internal data had been copied and deleted and “contact us if you want the data back.”
E-mail and Telegram contact information was also given in this message but it was removed by Friday afternoon. The webpage was down even after the information was removed, while user data in the ConectSUS app, which issues vaccination certificates to Brazilians, disappeared.
The ministry said it was working to restore its system. Deputy Health Minister Rodrigo Cruz told a news conference that access to vaccination data has not yet been received (as of Friday evening). Cruz said it was too early to say whether the data had been lost.
President Jair Bolsonaro shuts down the use of vaccine passports. Under the precautionary measures taken, now travelers arriving in Brazil without getting vaccinated will have to quarantine for five days and they will also be tested for COVID-19.
Vaccination data was not available online after this hacker attack. The government suspended essential health measures for travelers arriving in Brazil for a week starting Saturday. Now a provision has been made to quarantine the passengers who have not been vaccinated. Meanwhile, COVID-19 tracing forms for incoming airline passengers were still available on health regulator Anvisa’s website. This site was not targeted by hackers.
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