Maine Disables Data Breach Portal After 2 Fake Reports on Discord, VRChat

1 articles · Updated · PCMag · Jun 19

Maine’s attorney general temporarily shut its data breach filing portal after two fraudulent notices alleging major breaches at Discord and VRChat were posted publicly.
The portal allowed anyone to submit a breach report, and the notices were published without independent verification before the companies said they had not filed them and no breaches had occurred.
After Discord and VRChat contacted the attorney general’s office, the state reviewed the filings, removed them, and halted new submissions while it works on adding verification checks.
Maine law requires companies to report breaches affecting state residents within 30 days, making the database a widely used public source whose credibility now hinges on stronger safeguards.