The Hong Kong, China-based VTech, a supplier of electronic kids' products, said profiles belonging to nearly 6.4 million children – most of them located in the U.S. and France – were hacked in a recent data breach.
In total, 4,854,209 customer accounts belonging to parents and 6,368,509 related kid profiles were affected worldwide. The U.S. accounted for 2,894,091 of those accounts, while 1,173,497 France-based profiles were hacked. The hacker also stole hundreds of gigabytes worth of profile photos, audio files and chat logs, many belonging to children.
In a statement released Monday, VTech said the database contained profile information including names, email and snail mail addresses, download history and passwords. It also held names, genders and birthdates. VTech noted the database did not store credit card information or personal identification data such as Social Security numbers.
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