Security News > 2020 > December > Cops raid home of ousted data scientist who created her own Florida COVID-19 dashboard

Florida's state police on Monday morning raided the home of coronavirus tracker Rebekah Jones, seizing her electronics as part of a computer hacking investigation.

Jones then set up her own COVID-19 dashboard, which frequently reported a higher number of cases than the Department of Health's site.

This week, state cops armed with a search warrant entered her home at 8am with guns drawn as a precaution, and took away all her electronic devices.

The reason for the swoop? It's alleged she hacked into a department computer system, and the state cops were on the hunt for evidence, the Tampa Bay Times reported.

In an affidavit, he said the IP address of the computer used to transmit the alert was traced back to Jones' home address.

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