Attackers Can Track Kids' Locations via Connected Watches

secwatcher writes: A gamut of kids’ GPS-tracking watches are exposing sensitive data involving 35,000 children — including their location, in real time.

Researchers from Pen Test Partners specifically took a look at the Gator portfolio of watches from TechSixtyFour. The Gator line had been in the spotlight in 2017 for having a raft of vulnerabilities, called out by the Norwegian Consumers Council in its WatchOut research.

“A year on, we decided to have a look at the Gator watch again to see how their security had improved,” said Vangelis Stykas, in a Tuesday posting. “Guess what: a train wreck. Anyone could access the entire database, including real-time child location, name, parents’ details etc. Not just Gator watches either – the same back end covered multiple brands and tens of thousands of watches.”