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Software flaw exposed ‘smart’ teddy bears to hackers

By Rudy Takala
Published February 3, 2016 7:08pm ET
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Software flaw exposed ‘smart’ teddy bears to hackers
"We recently learned of a security vulnerability with our Fisher-Price WiFi-connected Smart Toy Bear," the company said in a statement. "We have remediated the situation and have no reason to believe that customer information was accessed by any unauthorized person." (Mattel via AP) | AP

Mattel’s Fisher-Price has fixed a software problem in its “smart” teddy bears that could have allowed hackers to spy on children through the bears, the toymaker announced this week.

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