Despite Data Leak and Glitches, Foreigners able to Register on Vaccine Site

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Thailand’s new vaccination appointment registration website, expatvac.consular.go.th, has received mixed reviews since its launch. 

Many people reported that they had a variety of issues, and a few mentioned that they eventually received emails confirming their registration and upcoming appointments. Consequently, it resulted in a data breach.

The vaccination registration site went live at 11 a.m., and within minutes, users were complaining about crashes, glitches, and the fact that their personal information was accessible online. Screenshots of publicly accessible backdoors that disclosed the emails and personal information of over 20,000 applicants began to surface online, raising worries about safety and privacy. 

The data leak looks to have been rectified now. Many people reported that the system failed at the point where they typed their email address and the vaccination registration site started crashing or an error occurred prompting them to start over or refresh the page. When they did so, the system refused to accept their email address. The backend database recorded their information while the site went down, and as a result, the email address had already been used and was declined.