Cyber Attack Cited by MJ Freeway After System Failure Stymies Marijuana Shops
A “targeted” cyber attack on a marijuana software company triggered an outage that hobbled point-of-sales and inventory systems for dispensaries scattered across the United States.
Denver-based MJ Freeway on Sunday morning tweeted it was experiencing an outage of its inventory system and was unable to process transactions. The cause of the “system interruption” was believed to be a cyber attack on its main databases and back-ups, officials told Marijuana Business Daily, which first reported on the outage:
“Our initial analysis indicates that this was a direct attack on MJ Freeway’s infrastructure,” said Jeannette Ward, the company’s director of data and marketing.
The attack hit the company’s main databases as well as its backups, but Ward said no client data was stolen.
With their systems disabled, some dispensaries were forced to close while others chose to take orders and information by hand, resulting in long lines, according to the...
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