Kickstarter
Disclosed Feb 15, 201412 years ago5,176,463 accountsConfirmed
Hackers access Kickstarter user emails, addresses and encrypted passwords
Law enforcement told Kickstarter that hackers had accessed customer data including usernames, email and mailing addresses, phone numbers and encrypted passwords. No card data was taken and only two accounts showed unauthorized activity.
What is known
| People affected | 5,176,463 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Feb 15, 2014 |
| Happened | Feb 16, 2014 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Emails, Passwords, Names, Addresses, Phone numbers |
| Sector | Tech · US |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwned: Kickstarterhaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator | Aggregator |
| Important Kickstarter Security Noticeweb.archive.org · The organization | The organization |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | Feb 15, 2014 | |
| Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the data | Oct 6, 2017 | 5,176,463 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · source_type: aggregator to company · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · source_url: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Kickstarter to https://web.archive.org/web/20260909002350/https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/important-kickstarter-security-notice · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · status: disclosed to confirmed · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · verified_by: empty to research · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · verified: 0 to 1 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · country: empty to US · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to hacking · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: ["emails","passwords"] to ["emails","passwords","names","addresses","phone"] · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2017-10-06 to 2014-02-15 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: 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. to Law enforcement told Kickstarter that hackers had accessed customer data including usernames, email and mailing addresses, phone numbers and encrypted passwords. No card data was taken and only two accounts showed unauthorized activity. · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · title: empty to Hackers access Kickstarter user emails, addresses and encrypted passwords · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned), confirmed by Research. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.