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World Service,28 Nov 2015,49 mins

Tech Toy Brand Hacked

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A major toy brand admits its app store database has been hacked - containing customers' personal information, including details about their children. The security breach at VTech comes to light as shoppers spend billions on Black Friday bargains online. We find out just how global this shopping frenzy has become. And we hear how to provide the best conditions for start up companies to prosper and create growth? Set Squared - based in the English cities of Bristol and Bath has been named as the world's leading university incubator - the hi-tech hub has supported more than 1,000 start ups, has raised more than 1.5 billion dollars of investment and helped create more than nine thousand jobs. And Susannah Streeter is joined from Australia throughout the programme by Peter Ryan, Business Editor at ABC news.

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