Wheatley demands more info on MultiLink breach

MINISTER without portfolio with responsibility for science, technology and special projects in the Office of the Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Wheatley has given Jamaica Electronic Transfer Services Limited (JETS) seven days to provide him with a comprehensive report on the cyber incident on its system last week.

In a media release last Friday JETS, which operates Jamaica’s MultiLink debit card and Automated Clearing House (ACH) networks, confirmed that sections of its system had been the subjected to a cyberattack.

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According to JETS, the cyber attack involved a limited part of its internal administrative systems but the MultiLink and ACH networks were not affected and both remained fully operational.