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'Despite assurances that their system is now secure, they still have gaping holes that allow every kid to be matched with every parent.'

The company added that no 'personal identification data' was compromised, but Hunt disagrees andВ believes the statementВ is simplyВ an attempt to 'appeaseВ the likes of PCI ', adding that the theft of irreplaceableВ informationВ is much more worrying and the problems remain in place. Hunt was provided with the database by Motherboard's Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai - who first reported the breach - and the Hong-Kong-based company has since issued a statement about the breach, saying it has emailed all customers.В 'Upon discovering the unauthorized access we immediately conducted a thorough investigation, which involved a comprehensive check of the affected site and implementation of measures to defend against any further attacks.'В The company went on to try and make the case that the data breach was not as troublesome as it might have been as no financial information was stolen: 'It is important to note that our customer databaseВ does notВ contain any credit card information.'

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VTech has taken its Learning Lodge website offline after a hacker stolen personal details of almost 5 million customers and over 200,000 children Photo: VTech In a blog post,В Hunt pointed out that he isВ more worried about the ongoing problems at VTech despite the company's statements that seem to suggest the problems have been fixed. According to the service, which has now been updated with the details from theВ VTech database, this is the fourth-largest consumer data breach in history. This final fact was discovered by Troy Hunt, aВ security expert and operator of the Have I Been Pwned?В service, which allows anyone to search databases of known hacks to see if their details have been compromised.

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Even moreВ worrying, the way the company stored information allowed anyone with access to the data to link the parents to their children, revealing their full identity.

The hacker was also able to access data about the children using VTech's range of computers, tablets and other gadgets, including their firstВ names, date of birth and gender. The move follows the revelation that an unknown hacker, who says he will do 'nothing' with the data, revealedВ information such asВ names, email addresses, passwords, and home addresses.

Learning Lodge, the online portal that allows VTech customers to register accounts for themselves and their childrenВ as well as download apps, e-books and other content to their VTech products, has been taken offline in the wake of what is the fourth-largest consumer data breach in history.

In the wake of one ofВ the biggest data breaches in history, where almost 5 million customer accounts were compromised and the details of over 200,000 children were stolen from children's toy and gadget makerВ VTech, the Chinese company has taken its Learning Lodge website offline as it faces strong criticism of its lacklusterВ security practices.

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