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Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids

  • Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, Yulia Almazova--Wired
  • published date: 2026-08-06 21:35:00 UTC

Security researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. It’s just one piece of a deeply insecure supply chain of GPS-enabled gadgets.

The watchs insecurity and the spying it enabled might be expected given the gadgets pedigree: Its sold by an obscure company called CJC, costs less than $30, and was made by an equally obscure manufa… [+4008 chars]