Florida data scientist-turned-whistleblower Rebekah Jones turns herself in on cybercrime charge

Rebekah Jones, the former Florida data analyst who had worked on the state’s COVID-19 dashboard, has been charged with a cyber crime, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Monday.

Jones, who was fired in May, turned herself into the Leon County Detention Facility late Sunday and now faces a felony charge of illegally accessing a computer system, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by the Daily News.

Officials accused Jones of downloading the names, organizations, titles, home counties, personal phone numbers and emails of almost 20,000 Floridians in November.