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Unsecured: Jamaica’s immigration website exposed thousands of travelers’ data

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports:

A security lapse  by a Jamaican government contractor has exposed immigration records and COVID-19 test results for hundreds of thousands of travelers who visited the island over the past year.

The Jamaican government contracted Amber Group to build the JamCOVID19 website and app, which the government uses to publish daily coronavirus figures and allows residents to self-report their symptoms. The contractor also built the website to pre-approve travel applications to visit the island during the pandemic, a process that requires travelers to upload a negative COVID-19 test result before they board their flight if they come from high-risk countries, including the United States.

Read more on TechCrunch.

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