Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has confirmed that hackers have contacted the management of the National Health Fund (NHF) claiming to be in possession of medical information belonging to some clients.

The disclosure came at Wednesday’s post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, where Tufton indicated that the health ministry is aware of information circulating in the public domain about a breach of the NHF database.

“There has been some communication from some deviant around this breach. So the NHF has confirmed receipt of a threat from a hacker group claiming to have access to some of the data. It's not yet confirmed. Even though they have indicated some of the data that they say they have, it's not yet confirmed,” Tufton told journalists.