Toymaker VTech hit by hack attack

A cyber attack on digital toymaker VTech Holdings Ltd exposed the data of 6.4 million children, the company said on Tuesday, in what experts called the largest known hack targeting youngsters.

The Hong Kong-based firm said the attack on databases for its Learning Lodge app store and Kid Connect messaging system affected even more kids than the 4.9 million adults that the company disclosed on Friday.

Connecticut and Illinois said on Monday they plan to investigate the breach. Regulators in Hong Kong are also looking into the matter.

VTech said that children's profiles included name, gender and birth date. Stolen adult data included name, addresses, password retrieval questions, IP address and passwords. The most VTech customers affected were in the US, followed by France, the UK, Germany, Canada, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands.