Medical Cannabis Patient Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Health Records in Ohio
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Summary
A security researcher discovered an unsecured database containing nearly a million sensitive medical records of Ohio medical cannabis patients. The exposed data included Social Security numbers, government IDs, health conditions, mental health evaluations, physician reports, and personal identification documents. This data breach affects patients who had to share highly personal health information to qualify for medical marijuana cards, raising serious privacy and security concerns.
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Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler found a publicly accessible database in mid-July that appeared to contain medical records, mental health evaluations, physician reports, and images of IDs
Nearly a million records, which appear to be linked to a medical-cannabis-card company in Ohio, included Social Security numbers, government IDs, health conditions, and more
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