Florida's juvenile justice department faces security questions, massive data breach

Source: FOX 35 Orlando

A former Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) probation officer is facing 114 felony charges after investigators accused her of using retained access to a court records system to obtain and share sensitive information with members of a drug trafficking organization. Crystal Lawson, 32, was hired as a juvenile probation officer for the DJJ in Feb. 2022. She only worked for the agency for eight months. Despite her termination, Lawson’s access to the state's Comprehensive Case Information System (CCIS) database was never cut off. Investigators said Lawson routinely logged into the database 106 times between Jan. and May 2026. She allegedly searched for active criminal cases and leaked sensitive data, including active arrest warrants, to members of a violent drug trafficking organization to warn them that "investigators were closing in." Full Story