Kickstarter data breach
The Kickstarter breach happened on February 16, 2014 and exposed 5,176,463 accounts. 2 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- kickstarter.com
- Breach date
- February 16, 2014
- Recorded on
- October 6, 2017
- Accounts exposed
- 5,176,463
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Passwords
- Risk score
- 64 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 64 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email addresses.
The risk score is a guide to how dangerous a breach is, judged by the kinds of data exposed. The number of accounts is not included.
Breaches from the same period
- Forbes (2014-02-15, 1,057,819 accounts)
- Muslim Directory (2014-02-17, 37,784 accounts)
- UN Internet Governance Forum (2014-02-20, 3,200 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Kickstarter password, and also change it on any other service where you used the same password. You can create a new one with the password generator.
- Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of October 6, 2017. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.