Kommersant: data of half a million buyers of fake vaccination certificates were put up for sale 
Data of more than 500 thousand Russians from the Moscow region who bought fake vaccination and PCR certificates were put up for sale on shady Internet resources and in Telegram channels. Kommersant writes about this on Friday, November 12th.
As one of the sellers told the publication, a base of one thousand lines costs 120 dollars (about 8.5 thousand rubles). It contains passport data, SNILS, telephone numbers, residential addresses, as well as information on the dates of obtaining certificates.
Information price
Evgeny Antipov, a programmer and owner of the Eye of God Telegram channel, explained that the databases contain data from the compulsory medical insurance of Russians, the cost of information about one person is about 30-40 rubles. According to Antipov, the information was collected in the services themselves, offering to make a fake vaccination certificate or PCR.
The founder of the DLBI data leak intelligence and monitoring service, Ashot Hovhannisyan, believes that the creators of such sites. In addition, he suggested, fraudsters can use customer data to blackmail them.
Considering that it is proposed to increase the liability for the use of fake QR codes to criminal, this may become a new gold mine for fraudsters
Ashot Hovhannisyan
Vadim Soloviev, head of the information security threat analysis group at Positive Technologies, suggested that fraudsters could offer services to remove Russians who bought fake certificates from such databases or create services where people can check their data for leaks. Alexander Dvoryansky, Director of Strategic Communications at Infosecurity a Softline company, shares a similar opinion.
It is naive to believe that attackers will be attentive to your personal data if you applied for an illegal service
Alexander Dvoryansky Blackmail
Along with the proliferation of fake certificates in Russia, the number of fraudulent schemes associated with certificates has also increased. So, one of the new methods of deception involves blackmailing Russians who bought a fake vaccination certificate, writes RBC.
Those who bought a fake vaccination certificate are told that the doctor who issued the certificate was arrested, and they offer to transfer 50 thousand rubles to delete the correspondence with the victim's personal data from the doctor's mail.
Infosecurity a Softline Company confirmed that there is now a surge in such cases of fraud. According to Alexei Drozd, head of the SerchInform information security department, victims are intimidated by criminal prosecution, hinting at complicity in forging documents.
Ways of struggle
State Duma deputy, first deputy chairman of the committee on information policy, information technology and communications Sergei Boyarsky proposed make test purchases, get caught red-handed and open criminal cases against scammers selling fake coronavirus vaccination certificates.
The politician drew attention to the increase in the activity of fraudsters on the Internet, especially on social networks. In his opinion, the sites need to fight against cybercriminals who offer fake information. “We need to make them more actively involved in this work and block such ads and transmit information about them to law enforcement agencies,” he said.
Boyarsky also offered to remind the buyer of such papers more often that the vaccine protects against severe illness and death.
If you are vaccinated, you will not have a severe course of the disease. I urge everyone to think not only about themselves, but also about those around them
Sergei Boyarsky Punishment
Deputy Head of the Ministry of Health Sergei Glagolev called counterfeiting vaccination certificates by self-deception. According to him, falsification threatens with criminal liability. In the event that such actions entail the death of a person, the article will be re-qualified for “heavier”, he added.