Toy firm VTech hack exposes private data of parents and children

Company admits breach and suspends trading on Hong Kong stock exchange, while security experts criticise poor security and lack of encryption

Children's technology and toy firm Vtech has suspended trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange after admitting a hack that allegedly saw 4.8 million customer details stolen, including sensitive information about children and their parents.

A VTech spokesperson said an "unauthorised party" accessed VTech customer data housed on the company's Learning Lodge app store database on 14 November.