TORONTO – Popular crowdfunding website Kickstarter says its users should change their passwords after learning that some user accounts had been hacked last week.
In a blog post published Saturday evening, Kickstarter, which recently opened its doors to Canadian-based creators, says that law enforcement officials first notified them of the breach on Wednesday.
“We immediately closed the security breach and began strengthening security measures throughout the Kickstarter system,” the post stated.
In an email response to Global News, Justin Kazmark, a member of Kickstarter’s communications team, confirmed that Canadian accounts could have been compromised by the intrusion.
So far, Kickstarter says only two users’ accounts have been affected.
The blog post and a later update provided more details as to the extent of the breach:
- No credit card information was compromised by the attack; Kickstarter does not store full credit card numbers
- Users who log in using Facebook have not been compromised – Kickstarter has reset all Facebook login credentials
Canadian creators have raised millions of dollars since the platform officially opened to them last September, with over $3.2 million (CDN) raised in the first month alone, according to Kickstarter. Since 2009, the crowdfunding website says in has collected more than $980 million (USD) in pledges worldwide.
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