Brief: VTech says 4.9 mln parent accounts, 6.4 mln related kid profiles affected in data breach

VTech Holdings

01/12/2015 18:33

Dec 1 (Reuters) - VTech Holdings Ltd  0303.HK : 
 * Says in total 4,854,209 customer (parent) accounts and 6,368,509 related kid 
   profiles worldwide are affected in data breach 
 * Confirm that on November 14, unauthorized party accessed VTech customer data 
   on Learning Lodge app store customer database and kid connect servers 
 * Database includes customer data from USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Republic of 
   Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands 
 * Says "cannot confirm at this stage" that hacker has taken photos and 
   chats of children and their parents on kid connect 
 * As the investigation is on-going, cannot confirm at this stage that chat logs 
   and audio files on kid connect were leaked 
 * Kid Connect service has been temporarily suspended, reviewing security 
   protocols,will delete all unsent messages before restarting service 
 * No credit card information stolen; Learning Lodge website database does not 
   contain any credit card information 
 * Says have no evidence that any of the data in breach has been used or 
   distributed criminally 
 * Have appointed data security legal specialists who are in the process of 
liaising with local authorities 
 
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