VTech Says It Notified Customers About Nov. 14 Data Breach
VTech emailed all affected account holders that their information may have been compromised in a Nov. 14 data breach, the supplier of electronic learning toys said in a Monday news release. "As an additional precautionary measure," the company said, it…
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temporarily suspended the Learning Lodge app store that was compromised and 13 other websites for "thorough security assessment and fortification." The company, which on Friday announced the breach, didn't say how many customers were affected, but media reports said they numbered about 5 million. VTech didn't comment Monday. The company said it immediately launched an investigation and also has implemented security measures against further attacks. Learning Lodge, the company said, permits customers to download apps, learning games, e-books and other educational content to VTech products. The company noticed the breach Nov. 24 after a Canadian journalist emailed VTech the prior day, asking about the incident, according to the company's FAQ section on the data breach. While VTech's customer database contains names, email, IP and mailing addresses, encrypted passwords, secret questions and answers for password retrievals, and download history, the company said the database neither contains credit card information nor personal identification data such as Social Security and drivers' license numbers.