Crowdfunding website Kickstarter hacked, recommends users change passwords

The site said law enforcement told Kickstarter of the breach on Wednesday night and that the company "immediately closed the security breach and began strengthening security measures throughout the Kickstarter system." The site also said "no credit

Uh oh, Kickstarter's CEO Yancey Strickler says that the company has been hacked. No credit card info was stolen (whew!), but the company says users' personal info has been compromised. Better go change your password.

These days, it really seems we can't go a week without some big site getting hacked. The latest target? Kickstarter. Kickstarter announced on its blog (and via an email sent to customers) that hackers had found their way into certain parts of their

The site said law enforcement told Kickstarter of the breach on Wednesday night and that the company "immediately closed the security breach and began strengthening security measures throughout the Kickstarter system." The site also said "no credit

“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