When children are breached: Inside the massive VTech hack

Minimalist · Nov 28, 2015

I suspect we’re all getting a little bit too conditioned to data breaches lately. They’re in the mainstream news on what seems like a daily basis to the point where this is the new normal. Certainly the Ashley Madison debacle took that to a whole new level, but when it comes to our identities being leaked all over the place, it’s just another day on the Web.

When it’s hundreds of thousands of children including their names, genders and birthdates, that’s off the charts. When it includes their parents as well—along with their home addresses—and you can link the two and emphatically say “Here is 9-year-old Mary, I know where she lives and I have other personally identifiable information about her parents (including their password and security question),” I start to run out of superlatives to even describe how bad that is.
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http://arstechnica.co.uk/security/2015/11/when-children-are-breached-inside-the-massive-vtech-hack/

Minimalist · Dec 2, 2015

10 million VTech users now known to have been compromised

The VTech data breach has been revealed to be far more severe than originally thought, with over 10 million people now known to be affected.
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http://www.welivesecurity.com/2015/12/02/10-million-vtech-users-now-known-compromised/

Minimalist · Dec 2, 2015

Regulators Investigate Root of VTech Hack

The investigation could spell regulatory trouble for VTech. If the company is found to be non-compliant with the PCPD’s Data Protection Principles, the privacy commissioner could demand a remedy with fines for defiance. Fines could reach HK$50,000 (about $6,450 USD), along with two years of jail time. If the offense still continues, a daily penalty of HK$1,000 ($129 USD) will accrue.
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http://www.crm-daily.com/story.xhtml?story_id=99907

Minimalist · Dec 4, 2015

Digital toymaker VTech hires FireEye to secure systems after hack

Hong Kong-based digital toy and gadget maker VTech Holdings Ltd (0303.HK) said FireEye Inc's (FEYE.O) Mandiant forensics unit was helping the company secure its systems after a hacking attack exposed data on 6.4 million children.
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Mandiant will also review all aspects of how VTech handles customer information and suggest ways to strengthen the security of its user data, VTech said.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-vtech-cyberattack-fireeye-idUSKBN0TM1LE20151203

ronjor · Dec 15, 2015

UK Man Arrested in Connection to VTech Hack
David Bisson Dec 15, 2015

UK law enforcement has announced the arrest of an individual as part of its ongoing investigation into the hack against VTech, a provider of electronic learning products.
On Tuesday, officers from the South East Regional Organized Crime Unit (SEROCU) published a statement in which they explain the status of their investigation.
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http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-se.../uk-man-arrested-in-connection-to-vtech-hack/

stapp · Jan 26, 2016

Vtech restores some online services after hack

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35400162

Children's toy firm Vtech has reopened "key functions" of its Learning Lodge gateway for the first time since it was hacked in November 2015.
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Minimalist · Feb 9, 2016

Hacked Toy Company VTech’s TOS Now Says It’s Not Liable for Hacks

In its Terms and Conditions for the Learning Lodge, VTech now includes the following ominous language in all-caps:

“YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU SEND OR RECEIVE DURING YOUR USE OF THE SITE MAY NOT BE SECURE AND MAY BE INTERCEPTED OR LATER ACQUIRED BY UNAUTHORIZED PARTIES.”
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http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/r...y-vtech-tos-now-says-its-not-liable-for-hacks

Minimalist · Jan 18, 2018

VTech fondleslabs for kids 'still vulnerable' despite sanctions

New InnoTab child learning devices still have the same security flaw first found by researchers at Pen Test Partners two years ago.

The issues persist even after manufacturer VTech was fined $650,000 by US watchdogs at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) via a ruling published earlier this week. The settlement deal came after the FTC scolded the children's toymaker for both unnecessarily collecting kids' personal information and (worse) failing to protect this sensitive data before a massive breach in November 2015.
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/18/innotab_kid_tech_still_vulnerable/

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