We previously reported that VTech suffered a data breach exposing millions of children’s and their parents’ personal information. The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit in the UK has announced that it has arrested a 21 year old man alleged to have been involved in the hacking and have detained him in Bracknell, Berkshire. The
VTech discloses cyber-attack exposing 5 million parents and kids’ personal information
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Data Breach
VTech, an electronic toy maker, disclosed on November 30, 2015 that it experienced a cyber-attack on its Learning Lodge app store portal on November 14, 2015, that accessed and stole the personal information of 5 million customers, some of whom were children.
The portal, used by customers to download apps, e-books and learning games, included…