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Security Of Connected Devices Challenges Toy Makers
- Cnet, Tuesday, March 1, 2016 9:05 AM
Remember Chucky? The sinister toy with the soul of a serial killer who starred in six slasher films? That toy creeped us out as it tried to transfer its soul onto a human victim. But Chucky was so last century. This century's creepy toys pose a different sort of danger: transferring information about the kids who play with them to hackers. That's what happened in November, when someone broke into the customer accounts of VTech, which makes connected toys, games and tablets for young children.
