<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/nevada-leaks-personal-data-on-thousands-of-medical-marijuana-dispensary-applicants/">http://www.zdnet.com/article/nevada-leaks-personal-data-on-thousands-of-medical-marijuana-dispensary-applicants/</a><br><br>Nevada's state government website has leaked the personal data on
over 11,700 applicants for dispensing medical marijuana in the state.
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<span class="gmail-img"></span></div></div><p>Each application, eight pages in length,
includes the person's full name, home address, citizenship, and even
their weight and height, race, and eye and hair color. The applications
also include the applicant's citizenship, their driving license number
(where applicable), and social security number.</p><p>We left a number
of voicemails of applicants prior to publication. One dispensary based
in Las Vegas, who did not want to be named, confirmed after we posted
that their records were accurate.</p><p>But it's not immediately clear how many years the applications date back.</p><p>Security
researcher Justin Shafer found the bug in the state's website portal,
allowing anyone with the right web address to access and enumerate the
thousands of applications. </p><p>Though the medical marijuana portal
can be found with a crafted Google search query, we're not publishing
the web address out of caution until the bug is fixed.</p><p>A
spokesperson for the Nevada Dept. Health and Human Services, which runs
the medical marijuana application program, told ZDNet that the website
has been pulled offline to limit the vulnerability.</p><p>The spokesperson added that the leaked data was a "portion" of one of several databases. </p>
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</section><p>The state government will be notifying applicants in the next few days of the leak in line with state law.</p><p>Nevada
was one of the first states to legalize medical uses of marijuana
during the 2000 election, but uses were limited to patients with cancer,
HIV and AIDS, as well as chronic conditions, such as glaucoma and
severe pain, and had a valid doctor's note.</p><p>The state most recently <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/live-updates-state-voting-results-on-recreational-marijuana-pot-legalization-election-day/" target="_blank">voted to legalize recreational use</a> of the drug.</p><figure class="gmail-image gmail-image-full-width gmail-shortcode-image"><span class="gmail-img gmail-aspect-set" style="padding-bottom:93%"><img src="http://zdnet2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/12/28/5b9cd84f-a4c8-471f-af03-ee24baa8850c/resize/770xauto/7b9b5d844e0aed411961254a81179d60/11767-5.png" class="gmail-" alt="11767-5.png" height="auto" width="770"></span></figure><span class="gmail-img gmail-aspect-set" style="padding-bottom:87%"><img src="http://zdnet4.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/12/28/7f55f491-ab1a-4859-b55a-bcda5f7899d0/resize/770xauto/120a3fb583f03bcff337e7cef83cd606/11767-2.png" class="gmail-" alt="11767-2.png" height="auto" width="770"></span><br></div>