Selfies of children and their parents were part of data stolen in the VTech hack that saw more than five million customers' details illegally accessed.
Reporters at Motherboard have obtained images which it reports are head shots of the toy manufacturer's customers, found on the servers of VTech.
The Hong Kong-based company, which makes tablet devices aimed at children, had its servers hacked on November 14 and details of its customers -- including, names, addresses, birthdays, passwords, and more -- were taken. These details included those of adults and children.
It is now claimed that among the data accessed by the hacker included images of children, and chat logs between the children and their parents.
Motherboard, who originally broke the story, spoke anonymously to the hacker responsible for the attack who said it was possible to download more than 190GB of photos.
The hacker then shared more than 3,000 images with the publication -- as well as an audio recording of a child.
VTech has not commented on the images, explained why they were stored on the servers, or verified their existence. A statement released on November 30 did not mention any pictures or audio being accessed by those responsible for the attack. A spokesperson for the company said no further information was available at present, but a further statement would be issued.
In the last statement issued, VTech said that no payment details were included in the hacked information.
VTech said the hack was discovered on November 24, ten days after the personal data had been taken.
It has also shut down its app stores and several websites used to download games, music, and other products.
This article was originally published by WIRED UK
