They do strongly advise a change of password. Kickstarter are ”incredibly sorry” for the breach and say security has already been improved in the wake of the incident.
This is trouble indeed as it’s hard enough for studios and indie teams to get interest in their projects, but now that data breaches have come knocking it will put backers off.
”We’re incredibly sorry that this happened,” posted Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler. ”We set a very high bar for how we serve our community, and this incident is frustrating and upsetting. We have since improved our security procedures and systems in numerous ways, and we will continue to do so in the weeks and months to come. We are working closely with law enforcement, and we are doing everything in our power to prevent this from happening again.”
The hack took place Wednesday night, with usernames, emails, mailing addresses, phone numbers and encrypted passwords all taken. However no credit card data was accessed, they say.