TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – Recent cyber attacks have jeopardized personal patient information throughout Florida.
The Florida Department of Health is one of many cyber attack victims who have experienced outages in its key database.
Florida’s DOH has been having issues with its “vital statistics” system as it has been slowing down local services, including birth and death certificates.
In a statement to WCTV, the Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed outages of their vital statistics system. This system holds personal patient information, including records of births and deaths.
DOH is working with law enforcement to address this issue and plans to notify anyone affected immediately.
CEO of Ageis Technology, Blake Dowling, warns that this scenario could be very dangerous if an outside party has access to sensitive information.
“They’re dealing with two different threats,” Dowling said. “A. Their systems are frozen and the hackers are asking for ransom to restore it and B. If they don’t pay the ransom and then they start asking for money or they will publicly disclose on the dark web sensitive data and with that, keep sensitive information. You’re talking about some bad info being out there online.”
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Dowling suggests that the most effective way to protect yourself is by practicing internet safety and using strong passwords.
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