P2016-ND-30

VTech Holdings Ltd.

On November 23, 2015, a reporter from the online publication Motherboard (www.motherboard.vice.com) contacted the Organization?s public relations firm in Canada to inform it of a potential breach. On November 24, 2015, the Organization?s Hong Kong internal investigation detected that there had been anomalous activity on its network on or about November 14. This information was forwarded to the Organization?s parent company. On November 26, 2015, the Organization confirmed that there had been a breach of its network on or about November 14, 2015. On December 15, 2015, UK police announced the arrest of a suspect in the hack.

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