VRChat, Inc. has filed a data breach notice revealing that the information of more than 2.4 million users was involved in a data breach.
According to the notice, VRChat experienced unauthorized access to some account data between May 10 and May 12, 2026. The access happened in VRChat’s cloud environment and involved user profile and login-related data.
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Source: MalwareBytes Labs
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