Marijuana Software Supplier Hacked

The Boston Globe is reporting that a company that supplies marijuana retailers with software to manage their business was attacked by unknown criminals and took down their system.

Denver-based MJ Freeway sells software that helps cannabis sellers maintain compliance with government regulations, as well as perform tasks such as forecasting, employee scheduling, order management and supply chain management. The attackers took down MJ Freeway's production and back-up servers on Jan. 8, which in turn has impeded its clients' sales.

MJ Freeway CEO Amy Poinsett said: “Current analysts shows the attackers did not extract any client or patient data and did not view any patient data, thanks to encryption measures we have in place. This outage is a unique situation caused by an unprecedented malicious attack. The damage from the attack is extensive, but much is reparable.”

The company is having to work with clients on a one-on-one basis to set them up with alternative software. In the meanwhile, clients are having to process orders manually.

Source: SCMagazine