Sunday, 16 February 2014

Kickstarter: We Were Hacked, User Information Exposed

From Mashable

Kickstarter, a leading crowdfunding site, revealed it was hacked last week. In a blog post published Saturday, Kickstarter said law-enforcement officials contacted the company Wednesday night, and alerted it to unauthorized access by hackers.


No credit-card data was stolen, but hackers did manage to access some user information, Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler wrote in the post.


See also: 14 Kickstarter Projects We're Excited for in 2014


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