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Kickstarter service hacked
By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 17 February 2014
Crowdfunding website Kickstarter, which has been used by numerous musicians looking to fan-fund projects, especially in the US, has admitted that its server was hacked last week and that hackers managed to nab a lot of customer data, though not credit card information.
Admitting the hack in a blog post, Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler wrote: “We’re incredibly sorry that this happened. We set a very high bar for how we serve our community, and this incident is frustrating and upsetting. We have since improved our security procedures and systems in numerous ways. [But] as a precaution, we strongly recommend that you create a new password for your Kickstarter account, and other accounts where you use this password”.
Strickler added that the firm’s investigation suggested that unauthorised activity had only occurred on two Kickstarter accounts during the hack, but that username and contact information data had also been taken. Nabbed passwords were encrypted, but Strickler said his company was advising users to alter their passwords anyway, in case the hackers manage to crack the encryption.
