VTech hack: US and Hong Kong to investigate as 6.4m children exposed

Biggest ever cyber-attack targeting children sees private information stolen including photos and addresses as well as the information of 4.9 million parents

Toymaker VTech will be investigated by several US states after a hack that exposed the private data of 6.4 million children, including photos and addresses.

Attorneys general of Connecticut and Illinois said they will investigate the breach, the largest known hack targeting children, which exposed the private data of more children than the 4.9 million adults caught in the hack.