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11-26-2015, 10:28 AM
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The Guardian
But US security researcher Matt Jakubowski discovered that when connected to Wi-Fi the doll was vulnerable to hacking, allowing him easy access to the doll's system information, account information, stored audio files and direct access to the microphone.

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