Vtech Holdings
| Vtech Holdings Ltd.
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| legal form | Limited |
| ISIN | BMG9400S1329 |
| founding | 1976 |
| Seat | Hamilton , Bermuda |
| management | Allan Wong Chi Yun ( Founder , Chairman and CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 30,000 (2015) |
| sales | 1,880,000,000 US dollars (2015) |
| Branch | Computer technology |
| Website | www.vtech.com |
Vtech Holdings (originally V ideo Tech nology Ltd.) is a computer company based in Hamilton , Bermuda , and operational headquarters in Hong Kong . VTech makes cordless phones and related accessories, simple computer systems and electronic educational toys for children. VTech is the best-known provider of educational computers for children.
In November 2015, the Vtech customer database was hacked by strangers and almost 5 million customer data was stolen and at least partially published on the Internet.
history
The company was founded in 1976.
In the 1980s and early 1990s, VTech also produced home computers , including a. compatible IBM PCs and the Laser 128 were included. The Laser 128 was the only fully legal clone of the Apple IIc computer. Apple Computer had tried to ban VTech legal action the production of the laser 128, but since the device with the reverse engineering was developed process, without the copyright infringing Apple, it could be resold.
VTech manufactured home computers up to the appearance of the Intel 80486 processor and sold them under the brand names VTech , Laser and Leading Technology .
In 2010, VTech first launched an e-book reader - the V.Reader - specially designed for children of preschool and elementary school age . VTech produces the DECT CAT-iq 2.0 telephone handsets of the "Speedphone" type for Deutsche Telekom. In March 2011, VTech had around 32,300 employees worldwide.
Products
Communication technology
Under the company name VTech Communications , VTech offers cordless DECT and VoIP telephones as well as answering machines .
Home computers
- With Z80 CPU
- Laser 50 / ONE
- Laser 100/110
- Laser 200/210
- VZ 200
- Laser 310
- Laser 350/500/700/750
- Laser PC3
- With 6502 CPU
- Laser 128 / 128EX / 128EX2
- CreatiVision / Laser 2001
- Laser 3000
Learning computer
(Selection) consoles and notebooks
- Storio
- MobiGo
- Teddy, my first computer (up to 3 years)
- V. Smile Baby (from 18 months)
- V.Smile , learning console for connection to a television (3-7 years)
- V. Smile Pro (from 5 years)
- V.Smile Pocket, a mobile version of the V.Smile (6-9 years)
- Ready, Set, School series, e.g. B. Luis learning trip (from 4 years)
- Genius / -Plus (laptop) from 5 years
- Genius Leader 1000 to 8008
- Genius IQ 128
- TV 512 learning computer
- TV Learning Station (6-9 years)
- Intelligence Advance E / R / I (laptop from 9 years)
- Reader laptop E
- School laptop E
- Color laptop E
- Learning and music notebook
- Quiz biz math
- Lesson 3
- Tiger mouse
There are also other educational toys such as electronic audio books and pads for drawing.
Data theft
According to its own information, there was "unauthorized access" to Vtech customer data on November 14, 2015. A total of 4.8 million accounts from parents and 6.3 million profiles from children are affected, several hundred thousand of them in Germany. The company did not comment on reports that children's photos were also accessed. Parts of the customer data were published on the Internet.
Web links
- German VTech website
- VTech Communications Inc.
- German VZ homepage
- About VTech at 8-bit Nirvana
- Presentation of the Laser 3000 in Led Micro Magazin 1984 (French)
- Presentation of the Laser 200 in Newzealand Bits and Bytes September 1983 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b http://www.vtech.com/images/stories/vtech/pdf/reports/AR2015_eng.pdf
- ↑ a b https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/VTech-Hack-Knapp-5-Millionen-Daten-von-Kunden-und-Kinder-erbeutet-3025776.html?wt_mc=rss.ho.beitrag .atom reporting on Heise Online on November 28, 2015.
- ↑ VTech Debuts Innovative 2010 Products That 'Touch' the Future of Learning and Fun ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Certified products - DECT Forum. In: www.dect.org. Retrieved June 18, 2016 .
- ↑ https://www.vtech.com/en/media/faq-about-data-breach-on-vtech-learning-lodge/ (December 2, 2015)
- ↑ http://www.golem.de/news/vtech-hacker-erbeutet-10-000-kinderfotos-1512-117729.html (December 2, 2015)
