Money worries

THERE were jitters in Jamaica’s financial sector on Friday as the operators of the MultiLink debit card and Automated Clearing House (ACH) networks confirmed that sections of its system had been the subject of a cyberattack.

In an early morning release Jamaica Electronic Transfer Services (JETS) said the cyberattack, which had been circulating as a rumour since Thursday, involved a limited part of its internal administrative systems, but the MultiLink and ACH networks were not affected and both remained fully operational.

“The JETS Cyber Monitoring Team detected suspicious activity within a limited portion of the company’s domain and immediately shut down the administrative system, isolated and launched a full forensic investigation in coordination with specialist cybersecurity consultants.