Toymaker VTech confirms cyberattack - VTech on Saturday announced that the app store of the company has been attacked by hackers who managed to breach the s high-tech toys manufactured by the company.
According to reports, at least 4.8 million toys were compromised. Learning Lodge is an app store for VTech devices featuring learning games and other educational tools.
The date breach was conformed by the company con Friday and the incident was first reported by Motherboard, claimed that 4.8 millio toys were hacked. If the figure is accurate, VTech would be among one of the larger breaches based on rankings from the site Have I Been Pwned, but will be still much better than Ashley Madison attack, which compromised more than 30 million accounts.
In 2013's holiday shopping season, the records of about 110 million customers were compromised by Target. That cyberattack forced the retailers to upgrade their point-of-sale systems this year.
The company's FAQ indicates that it only found out about the attack on November 23 after a journalist started asking questions. Later, the breach was conformed by Vtech.
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