INTERIM: Data Breach. Kid data and pictures hacked.

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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