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Kickstarter data breach5.2M accounts compromised on 2014-02-16
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Kickstarter (kickstarter.com) was the source of a data breach dated 2014-02-16, exposing 5,176,463 accounts. The details below are mirrored from Have I Been Pwned and reflect the source's account of the incident at the time of publication.
Incident Report
| Target Organization | Kickstarter |
|---|---|
| Source Name | Kickstarter |
| Domain | kickstarter.com |
| Breach Date | 2014-02-16 |
| Added to HIBP | 2017-10-06 |
| Accounts Compromised | 5,176,463(5.2M) |
| Data Exposed | Email addressesPasswords |
| Status | Verified by HIBP |
Description
In February 2014, the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced they'd suffered a data breach. The breach contained almost 5.2 million unique email addresses, usernames and salted SHA1 hashes of passwords.
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