FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Danna Hayes, Danna.Hayes@maine.gov
Statement of the Office of the Maine Attorney General on Abuse of Data Breach Reporting System
The Office of the Maine Attorney General has been made aware of an apparent abuse of our data breach reporting system. After conversations with VRChat, one of two affected companies, it has become clear that the reported data breaches were hoaxes submitted by an unknown entity unrelated to either company. These false reports have been removed from the database. We have no knowledge of any recent legitimate data breach reports from either VRChat or Discord.
We are reviewing our procedures to make this abuse less likely in the future while preserving the public availability of such information. The public-facing database will remain offline until then. In the interim, if you are an entity who needs to submit a data breach report, you can continue to do so through our online reporting service. If you need information from existing reports, please contact us at AG.ConsumerProtectionDivision@maine.gov.