A recent leak of 85,000 cannabis dispensary files, including 30,0000 customer records, has put dispensaries and other industry stakeholders under pressure to fortify their systems and processes to comply with data privacy regulations and laws. Cybercriminals are increasingly infiltrating third-party partners and supply chains as a means to gain a foothold in an organization’s networks […]
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Ohio medical marijuana patients among more than 30,000 exposed in data breach
One Ohio medical marijuana dispensary was exposed in a national data breach leaking personally identifiable information for more than 30,000 people. Bloom Medicinals, which operates five dispensaries in Ohio, was one of three cannabis companies identified in a Wednesday report revealing a recent leak involving THSuite, which provides point-of-sale systems to cannabis stores. Internet researchers at vpnMentor were able to […]
How Secure Are Partners You Do Business With?
Your internal security standards should go beyond your own borders to cover third-party vendor- partners. Data breaches are nothing new. More than 5 billion records were exposed in 2018 alone and third parties were often found to be at fault. The potential cost of a data breach is enormous; even after the breach is cleaned […]
Washington Marijuana Applicants’ Personal Info Accidentally Released by the State
SEATTLE — The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board is working to notify marijuana license applicants whose personal information was accidentally distributed by the agency in response to a public records request. The data may include social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial information, tax information and attorney-client privileged information. The LCB had redacted the […]
