Medical Marijuana Database Taken Offline After Breach

Nevada's medical marijuana program database was taken offline this week after personal and sensitive information of roughly 11,700 dispensary applicants were leaked online. 

A bug affecting the online portal used by the state's medical marijuana program resulted in Social Security numbers, phone numbers, addresses, dates of birth and driver's license numbers being publicly accessible, according to Daily Dot.

The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, which operates the website, said it was investigating a “cyberattack” on the affected program.

"DPBH said it has contacted a number of credit-reporting services to alert them that a number of dispensary applicants' personal information was exposed," Daily Dot reported. "DPBH has also contacted law enforcement agencies 'for further investigation.'"