Electronic toymaker VTech said Tuesday that hackers who infiltrated the company's computer systems gained access to data from nearly 6.4 million profiles belonging to children, NBC News reported.
The Hong Kong-based firm said the security breach was discovered on Nov. 24, more than a week after it occurred. Hackers were able to access email addresses, passwords, mailing addresses and more, as well as the names and birth dates of some children who used VTech's toys and tablet computers.
Overall, nearly 4.9 million parent accounts were compromised, which were connected to 6.37 million related children's profiles, VTech revealed on Tuesday. The largest number of accounts accessed were created in the U.S. (more than 2.2 million), followed by France (868,650) and the U.K. (560,487).
