Nevada website leaks details of thousands seeking to sell medical marijuana

A website run by the Nevada state government has been pulled offline after it was discovered a vulnerability was leaking personal details of thousands of people applying to sell medical marijuana. Nevada's Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that the personal details -- including addresses and social security numbers -- of more than 11,000 applicants were accessible by simply typing in the correct URL. In total, details of some 11,700 people were available for anyone to see using an easily discovered address. There are several concerns here, not least of which is that a government-run website could be so… [Continue Reading]