On Monday, I highlighted the Vtech breach. A hacker was able to steal millions of records from an online kid's toy manufacturer, which including information about children. Over the past day, we've learned two new updates about this story. One increases the scope of the breach, and the other explains how it happened (Spoiler: my hunch was correct). Watch today's for … [Read more...]
Vtech Leaks Kids Data – Daily Security Byte EP. 182
What's worse than the average data breach? A breach that involves our childrens' private information! In Monday's episode, I talk about how a "greyhat" hacker stole over 190GBs of data from a company that makes an Internet-connected kid's toy. Luckily, he doesn't seem to plan on using the data with malicious intent. Nonetheless, it's still an eye-opening hack. Watch the vlog … [Read more...]
