Sunday, February 16, 2014

Choppy Attack affects Kickstarter - Computer Sweden

Although Kickstarter themselves learned about Nick in this Wednesday, expecting the company to tell their users and customers until the audit of the attack was finished.

User Encrypted password is alleged to have been stolen, while credit card information has remained intact, says Kickstarter. Kickstarter claims to now have clogged the vulnerability and has also increased security.

class=”paragraphIntro”> – Passwords have not been discovered, but it is possible for malicious people with enough processing power to guess and crack an encrypted password, says Kickstartes CEO Yancey Strickler , to IDG News.

class=”paragraphIntro”> data includes email addresses, e-mail addresses and phone numbers, but no signs that the credit card or payment data has been accessed., Kickstarter is a site where people can put out new internet project and where people can donate to them. The site has not all credit card information from users on its site, only the last four digits and these have therefore not reached to the hackers.

class=”paragraphIntro”> Facebook credentials and login has not been accessed for those who use the social network to log on Kickstarter.

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