Posted on 02/15/2014 2:12:32 PM PST by Monty22002
Hackers breached Kickstarter's defenses and stole the information of an unspecified number of customers, the company disclosed today. The company learned of the breach on Wednesday from law enforcement officials, and quickly resolved the breach, Kickstarter said today. It did not disclose how the breach occurred.
No credit card data was accessed, the popular crowdfunding site said, but hackers did gain access to usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and encrypted passwords. The company recommends that all users create new passwords for their accounts and any other accounts that use the same password.
I looked into using the service. the amount of financial information is beyond what should be necessary for and Internet based system (why do they need more then a PayPal ID??)
I used them once and they were able to use amazon as a payment method fairly easy. I think I did notice that if I signed up with them directly they wanted an awful lot.
Obama can blame all the identity theft from the CommieCare website on other large breaches, this way.
I used it one time to donate money to a nephew’s 30 second movie project. I have no idea what my password is.
i’m guessing you gave loads of info to amazon. either way, they got the info
There’s probably some post 9/11 anti-money laundering laws they have to comply with.
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