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Hackers can now hack into your child's new electronic device this Christmas
They can now easily collect your child's name, date of birth and geolocation
Experts warn parents to do their research before buying new toys these holidays

By Wade Sellers For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 09:57 EST, 4 December 2018 | Updated: 09:57 EST, 4 December 2018

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Hackers could be monitoring children as they play with their new Christmas toys, experts have warned.

Hackers can not only collect data, but can now easily breach cameras, microphones and even locations - all found in toys as innocent as an interactive doll or robot.

Australia's top cyber security policewoman, Susan McLean, is urging parents to do their homework before rushing to the stores and unknowingly inviting a threat into their home.

Experts are warning parents to do their homework on new electronic toys they gift their children with this Christmas as hackers can now easily collect private information this holiday season (stock image)

'One of the easiest ways a hacker can gain access is because parents don't know to change the default security code that the toy comes with,' Ms McLean told The Courier Mail.

With Christmas being a particularly busy time for online scammers, Ms McLean believes now is the time they will put out all stops to get to your details.

Hackers have evolved past the point of simple data breaches and can now access the built-in cameras and sensors and spy on the children's names, date of birth and even their geolocation.

Scarily, criminals can even communicate with the child through the toy and manipulate the toy to perform in a certain way.

In Christmas 2016, two girls aged seven and eight from Belfast, northern Ireland were communicating with an unknown man who was able to infiltrate their walkie talkie channels.

The man kept following them through different channels on their Binatone Walkie Talkies toys, which were purchased off Amazon.

Hackers have evolved past the point of simple data breaches and can now access built-in cameras and sensors and spy on the children's names, date of birth and even their geolocation (stock image)

The unknown man asked for their names and addresses before the girls alerted their mother.

In equally as worrying research, it's been revealed that one-third of parents don't fully understand the new electronic toys they are buying their children.

While Ms McLean acknowledged some toys were easier to manage than others, she stressed the importance of families fully understanding the toy they bring into their home.

In a more hopeful statistic however, the research also showed that 50 per cent of parents were enforcing a connection-free gift ban on their families this year.