Dark web vendors are likely doing better business selling falsified vaccine cards and negative test results. “Lately, we’re seeing more vaccination certificates being offered” than vaccines, Ahmed said. “It’s probably a two-to-one ratio.”
With COVID-19 testing becoming more widespread, the purchase price for negative test results is only $25. Vaccination cards are harder ahead by and are available for more, around $200. These certificates are becoming passports of sorts, allowing people a freedom of movement they haven’t enjoyed in months. The European Union is in the act of creating a “digital green certificate” which they aspire to roll out by June to permit its citizens and residents traveling across borders. In the US, evidence of vaccination could grant people use of certain venues, and employers may require it of their staff to go back to the workplace.

The researchers have alerted Europol to the listing and are contacting others today.the Check Point spokesperson, stated that the sellers they contacted on dark web marketplaces were hoping to setup long-term relationships making use of their customers. The goal market, he said, “are folks on the ground, folks who are seeking to spread and sell at the local level in bulk.”