Florida couples don’t need to worry about getting to the church on time because a “potential cyber incident” has put a halt on obtaining vital records.
The Florida Department of Health’s online certification system suffered what it called a “potential cyber incident,” Fox 25 Orlando reported, causing “temporary outages of the Vital Statistics system.”
The system is home to birth, marriage and death certificates.
Terry Wright, owner of Wright & Young Funeral Home, told The Post he has had to revert to “the old way of doing death certificates,” meaning analog.
“It’s slowing down the process.”
Still, his Miami funeral home does not have a backlog of bodies, he said, because there is a workaround for burials and entombments before the final death certificate comes in — obtaining a doctor’s consent. That is not the case for cremations, but he said those bodies haven’t gotten overcrowded in a freezer at the crematorium — at least for now.
Some families are left in the lurch though, as they cannot obtain insurance reimbursement, access to annuities and other financial accounts, Wright said.
“Nobody wants to proceed with final rights or finances without a finalized death certificate,” he said.
Wright said the vital statistics problem started on June 27, and as of Saturday afternoon, the system was still down.
“As is standard practice, the department is coordinating with law enforcement and all relevant stakeholders,” the Health Department told Fox 35.
“Any effected parties will be notified as a comprehensive assessment of the situation is completed.”