Crowdfunding website Kickstarter hacked, recommends users change passwords

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A quick public service announcement for those of our readers who have a Kickstarter account. If you're a registered user of the crowdfunding site, an email should have arrived informing of a hack that occurred on Wednesday 

Kickstarter announced today on its blog that it has been hacked, after the company was advised by law enforcement that hackers had gained private customer information on Wednesday night this week. While the company 

Hackers gained unauthorised access to crowdfunding site kickstarter.com earlier this week. Compromised details include usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers and password hashes. Kickstarter 

“On Wednesday night, law enforcement officials contacted Kickstarter and alerted us that hackers had sought and gained unauthorized access to some of our customers' data,” the Feb. 15 blog post began. “Upon learning this