Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
4.8M
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
11
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2015
VTech

Breach History

VTech
Nov 2015Critical
4.8M
Records exposed
11
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In November 2015, hackers extracted more than 4.8 million parents' and 227k children's accounts from VTech's Learning Lodge website. The Hong Kong company produces learning products for children including software sold via the compromised website. The data breach exposed extensive personal details including home addresses, security questions and answers and passwords stored as weak MD5 hashes. Furthermore, children's details including names, ages, genders and associations to their parents' records were also exposed.

Exposed Data Types
Dates of birthEmail addressesFamily members' namesGendersIP addressesNamesPasswordsPhysical addressesSecurity questions and answersUsernamesWebsite activity
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Dates of birthMedium risk
Email addressesLow risk
Family members' namesLow risk
GendersLow risk
IP addressesMedium risk
NamesLow risk
PasswordsHigh risk
Physical addressesMedium risk
Security questions and answersLow risk
UsernamesLow risk
Website activityLow risk