Dive Brief:
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Police investigating the hacking of Chinese toy company Vtech say they have arrested a suspect in the UK.
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Vtech’s recent data breach affected around 11.6 million customers, including 6.4 million children.
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The 21-year-old man arrested is being charged with unauthorized access to a computer and causing a computer to enable unauthorized access to data.
Dive Insight:
The hacked information, which included names, email addresses, birth dates, photos and passwords, was stored in a database for VTech’s Learning Lodge app store, used by many of the company's educational toys.
The arrest was made by officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit. Police said they also seized electronic devices for forensic examination during a raid in an area of West of London known for its high-tech industry.
