TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Recent cyber attacks have jeopardized personal patient information throughout Florida.The Florida Department of Health is one of many cyber attack victims who have experienced outages in its key database. The Florida DOH has been having issues with its “vital statistics” system as it has been slowing down local services, including birth and death certificates.In a statement to WCTV, the DOH confirmed outages of their vital statistics system. The system holds personal patient information, including records of births and deaths. The DOH said it is working with law enforcement to address this issue and plans to immediately notify anyone affected.Ageis Technology CEO Blake Dowling said that this scenario could be very dangerous if an outside party has access to sensitive information.“They’re dealing with two different threats,” Dowling said. “A: Their systems are frozen and the hackers are asking for ransom to restore it and B: If they don’t pay the ransom and then they start asking for money or they will publicly disclose on the dark web sensitive data and with that, keep sensitive information. You’re talking about some bad info being out there online.”Recent cyber attacks have jeopardized personal patient information throughout Florida.Dowling said the most effective way to protect yourself is by practicing internet safety and using strong passwords.WCTV also spoke to a local funeral home that said they’ve been affected by the security breach. Rocky Bevis, president at Bevis Funeral and Cremation Services, said that the Electronic Death Registration System (EDRS) has been down for over a week.The system is handled through the FDOH Vital Statistics system, recording and processing death certificates.“Most of our funeral directors have heard from families like ‘when are we going to be able to get a death certificate’ and I don’t know what to tell them,” Bevis said.Bevis said the funeral home tries to make the grieving process a smooth transition for families, but now he isn’t sure when this system will be up and running again.“It has affected us from a family standpoint in not being able to tell them when we can get someone cremated. If you’re down here from Minnesota because your mom died and you’d like to take her home, I can’t tell you when you can do that,” he said.Bevis said they’re hoping the system will be fixed by next week.