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Rebekah Jones is a data scientist who worked in the statistics division of the Florida Department of Health. There he was in charge of the team that prepared and published the figures for the coronavirus pandemic. But she was fired in May because she allegedly refused to skip the dates in support of the US state’s plan to reopen, the New York Post reports.
Since then, Jones has criticized the conduct of the government of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Now he has posted a video on Twitter of police officers storming his Tallahassee home with guns in hand. They pointed a gun at my face. They pointed their guns at my children, ”writes Jones.
Police seize Jones’ cell phone and computer
The police confiscated his phone and computer. “They said it was a security breach. DeSantis is behind this. He sent the Gestapo, ”Jones said.
A police spokeswoman confirmed to the New York Post that officers had a search warrant for Jones’ home. The reason: an alleged hack into the Health Ministry’s message alert system, which is used for emergencies.
On November 10, someone used the alert system to send the following message to employees: “It’s time to report before 17,000 more people die. You know this is wrong. You don’t have to be a part of it. Be a hero. Speak up before it is too late, ”the newspaper reported. Approximately 1,750 of the messages were sent, according to the search warrant, before delivery was stopped.
Scientist Denies Hacking Charge
Police suspect that someone in Jones’s apartment “illegally accessed the system,” the police spokeswoman said. Jones, on the other hand, denies hacking into the system. “I have never had access to this system,” he told CNN. I’m not a hacker. I do statistics and data analysis. “
She also told the news channel that the authorities were apparently not targeting her, but rather a possible whistleblower with whom she was in contact. Information on this person was on his confiscated cell phone. (szm)
