Florida Healthy Kids announces cybersecurity incident
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and last updated 2021-01-28 18:54:38-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation announced Thursday a cybersecurity incident experienced by its vendor, Jelly Bean Communications Design.
Jelly Bean Communication Design was responsible for hosting the FHKC website at the time of the incident, a press release said.
The security incident involved the personal data of online applicants and enrollees, but FHKC said they have no confirmation of anyone s personal information being removed from the system. FHKC was notified on December 9, 2020, that several thousand applicant addresses had been inappropriately accessed and tampered with, the press release said. These addresses are collected as part of the online Florida KidCare application.