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Updated: The CloudPets Incident is Everything That’s Wrong with Consumer Internet of Things

ID: 5705ead9-1674-5a5f-9729-5e4a2d70db15

STIX ID: report--5705ead9-1674-5a5f-9729-5e4a2d70db15

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2017-02-28

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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Security researchers found that Spiral Toys' CloudPets left an unsecured MongoDB instance and improperly protected AWS-hosted files publicly accessible, exposing ~583,000 customer records (including voice recordings and images); the data was indexed by Shodan and subsequently ransomed and deleted by attackers, illustrating systemic security failures and weak password controls.

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