elsiegee40 Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 Children's messages in CloudPets data breach - BBC News An open database containing links to more than 2 million voice messages recorded on cuddly toys has been discovered, cybersecurity researcher Troy Hunt has revealed. The messages were created by owners of CloudPets soft toys. At one point, the data was even held to ransom, Mr Hunt says. The animals are advertised as being toys that enable people to record and send greetings via a phone app and the toy itself. They are currently on sale for a heavily discounted £6 in UK children's store The Entertainer but are listed at $29.99 on the CloudPets US website. The BBC has contacted California-based Spiral Toys, which makes the animals. The email address on its website is bouncing messages back and Troy Hunt said the researcher who told him about the breach had tried three times to contact the firm using various addresses they found connected with it. ...
Arthur Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 Link to Troy's article... www.troyhunt.com/data-from-connected-cloudpets-teddy-bears-leaked-and-ransomed-exposing-kids-voice-messages It looks like the company that makes the toys isn't going to be around for much longer.
Davit2005 Posted March 1, 2017 Posted March 1, 2017 (edited) CloudPets left their database exposed publicly to the web without so much as a password to protect it. https://www.troyhunt.com/data-from-connected-cloudpets-teddy-bears-leaked-and-ransomed-exposing-kids-voice-messages/ Edited March 1, 2017 by Davit2005
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