VTech, a manufacturer of electronic educational gadgets for kids, has been hacked.
Hackers took:
- headshots of kids & parents
- chat logs
- audio files of kids
- names of kids & parents
- email addresses
- home addresses
- birthdays
Remedies:
- A hacker contacted a tech company to expose VTECH’s unsecured data storage.
- VTECH took down their portals that allowed for data storage until a resolution can be reached.
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