The credibility of the government-run Ontario Cannabis Store is at stake after sensitive industry data was misappropriated and leaked, according to experts.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) confirmed it opened an investigation earlier this month into what the OCS alleges is the theft of the business data.
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The data includes individual cannabis retailers’ sales, their inventory levels and other sensitive information such as store license number and the amount of kilograms and packaged units sold for at least the months of December 2021 and January 2022.
As the only legal wholesaler of cannabis in Ontario – Canada’s biggest legal cannabis market by sales – industry sources said it’s imperative the government-run body be seen as credible in the eyes of its clients, the more than 1,500 cannabis stores that can buy their products only from the OCS.
David Hyde, CEO of security consultancy Hyde Advisory & Investments in
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