VTech Hires Cyber Forensic Team, Cooperating With Authorities After Data Breach
December 03 2015 - 10:00AM
Dow Jones News
VTech Holdings Ltd., the Hong Kong maker of digital learning
toys and cordless phones, said Thursday a cyber forensic team is
helping boost its security and that it is cooperating with law
enforcement worldwide to investigate its recent data breach.
The company said FireEye Inc.'s Mandiant Incident Response team
is reviewing how it handles customer information and helping it
strengthen the security of its systems after information about 6.4
million children and 4.9 million adults was exposed in the
hack.
VTech also said it conducted a comprehensive review of affected
sites immediately after learning of the attack, and suspended its
Learning Lodge, Kid Connect network and other sites as a
precaution.
On Tuesday, the company said child profile information only
includes name, gender and date of birth. Parent account information
includes name, email address, password details, mailing address and
Internet protocol address.
The incident points to increased worry about children's privacy
as they, like their parents, put more of their personal information
online to use modern toys or social networks.
On Thursday, Chief Executive Allan Wong said the company is
"deeply shocked by this orchestrated and sophisticated attack" and
apologized for worries caused by the incident.
"We regret that users of Learning Lodge, Kid Connect and
PlanetVTech, some of whom are colleagues, friends and families, are
also affected," he said. "We are taking all necessary steps to
ensure that our users can continue to enjoy our products and
services, safe in the knowledge that their data is secure."
Write to Anne Steele at Anne.Steele@wsj.com
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