Pubdate: Mon, 09 Jan 2017
Source: Boston Globe (MA)
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POT DISPENSARIES HIT BY HACK OF SALES SYSTEM

[photo] MJ Freeway, a Denver company whose tracking software is used by
hundreds of marijuana companies to comply with state regulations, said its
main servers and backup system each went down Sunday morning and remained
offline as of Monday afternoon.

Marijuana shops across the country, including seven medical dispensaries
in Massachusetts, are being affected by the apparent hack of a sales and
inventory system widely used in the cannabis industry.

Two medical marijuana dispensaries in the state suggested patients delay
their appointments until the system was back up or a fix is in place.

MJ Freeway, a Denver company whose "seed-to-sale" tracking software is
used by hundreds of marijuana companies to comply with state regulations,
said its main servers and backup system each went down Sunday morning and
remained offline as of Monday afternoon.

New England Treatment Access, a medical dispensary with locations in
Brookline and Northampton, was among the shops affected by the hack. A
message on its website said transactions would take longer than usual at
both locations because staffers would need to "conduct certain sales
functions manually." It asked patients to delay their visits if possible.
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