Internet-Connected Teddy Bear Leaks Millions Of Voice Messages and Password

My kids actually got these for Christmas, from relatives, and they were so upset that I wouldn’t connect them to our internet connection… I’m so glad I didn’t.

Every parent should think twice before handing out Internet-connected toys or smart toys to their children, as these creepy toys pose a different sort of danger: privacy and data security risks for kids who play with them.

This same incident was happened over a year ago when Hong Kong toymaker VTech was hacked, which exposed personal details, including snaps of parents and children and chat logs, of about 6.4 million children around the world.

Now, in the latest security failing of the internet-connected smart toys, more than 2 Million voice recordings of children and their parents have been exposed, along with email addresses and passwords for over 820,000 user accounts.


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