Information is emerging the Government of Jamaica was notified of the data breach on its JAMCOVID-19 website before the date stated in a media release on Wednesday.
The TechCrunch reporter who worked on the story says the exposed data was discovered during an investigation into COVID-19 apps.
He says the publication reached out to the Ministry of Health and Wellness on Saturday, February 13 and got a response from spokesperson Stephen Davidson asking for more information.
He says details of the exposed server were sent that evening and Mr. Davidson did not respond.
TechCrunch then reached out to Amber Group's CEO Dushyant Savadia two days later and a short time after the exposed data was secured.
About an hour after the story went out, Jamaica's Ministry of National Security issued a statement the security lapse was discovered on February 16.
The TechCrunch reporter says that date is untrue as the health ministry knew about it days earlier.
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