Kickstarter customers’ passwords taken in data breach

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By Andrew Dowell

Crowdfunding site Kickstarter Inc. said some customer data have been accessed in a computer attack.

The company, which has set up an exchange in which people can contribute often small amounts of money to fund projects such as the documentary “Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry” or the Pebble smartwatch, said in a blog post Saturday and emails to users that no credit-card data was compromised.

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The data accessed included user names, encrypted passwords, email and mailing addresses and phone numbers, Chief Executive Yancey Strickler said in the post

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Unauthorized activity occurred on two accounts, the company said, adding that it had contacted those users. It recommended that customers change their passwords.

The attack is the latest in a string that has included a massive breach of payment-card data at Target Corp., as well as intrusions at other retailers