Toymakers are tracking more data about kids -- leaving them exposed to hackers

As toys go high-tech, hackers are zeroing in on a particularly vulnerable target -- children. VTech, a Hong Kong-based company that sells baby monitors and digital learning toys such as children's tablets, announced that the data for 5 million "customer accounts and related kids profiles worldwide" were compromised as part of a cyberattack. The stolen data included names and birth dates of kids, mailing addresses and e-mail addresses, as well as what e-books, learning games and other software were downloaded to toys, the company said. Credit card information and Social Security numbers were not breached. Privacy advocates warn that the VTech incident may be one of many online breaches that will involve children. Companies are increasingly producing and marketing high-tech toys that link dolls and games to the Internet -- as well as information about the kids playing with them. But the V-tech breach shows this data isn't always being guarded well.