Florida data analyst Rebekah Jones arrested, tests positive for COVID-19 in jail – By Tamar Lapin (New York Post) / January 18, 2021
Former Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones was arrested on a charge that she hacked into the state’s emergency response system — and later learned she tested positive for COVID-19.
Jones — who said she was fired from the state’s Department of Health in May for refusing to alter coronavirus data — turned herself in late Sunday, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
Her attorney, Steve Dobson, said Jones, 31, was tested for COVID-19 after being booked into the Leon County Detention Facility, and learned she was positive on Monday.
She’s accused of illegally accessing Florida’s emergency alert health system, including to send a Nov. 10 message to state staffers dealing with the pandemic, urging them to “speak up before another 17,000 people are dead.”
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