Data Breach Notifications

Entity Information

  • Type of Organization: Government Entity in Maine
  • Entity Name: https://www.maine.gov/portal/index.html
  • Street Address: Maine
  • City: Maine
  • State, or Country if outside the US: Maine
  • Zip Code: 102318

Submitted By

  • Name: Jagadeesh Vasireddy
  • Title: Unauthorized access to the information |FTP access | Information disclosure
  • Firm name (if different than entity):
  • Telephone Number: +91 7731874770
  • Email Address: jagadeesh.official2@gmail.com
  • Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Security researcher and found the maine.gov has ftp access and can access all the users information without any authorization

Breach Information

  • Total number of persons affected (including residents): The total information related to maine. gov , /dep/ftp/projects, /dep/ftp/tanks and many sub folders having information related to properties and users
  • Total number of Maine residents affected: Data related to the Maine projects
  • If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified: Yes
  • Date(s) Breach Occured: 10/14/2022
  • Date Breach Discovered: 10/14/2022
  • Description of the Breach:
    • Other, Inadvertent disclosure
    • If other, please specify: Information related to the people and their phone number along with the email communication request, projects analytics, AIR, wind, SOLAR projects
  • Information Acquired - Name or other personal identifier in combination with:

Notification and Protection Services

  • Type of Notification: Written
  • Date(s) of consumer notification: 10/14/2022
  • Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: FTP access.PNG users comments.PNG user comments and email communication.PNG
  • Date of any previous (within 12 months) breach notifications:
  • Were identity theft protection services offered: No
  • If yes, please provide the duration, the provider of the service and a brief description of the service: