Crowd-Funding site Kickstarter Hacked! It's time to change your Password

If you have an account at the popular crowd funding site Kickstarter, it's time to change your account's password. Kickstarter's CEO Yancey Strickler says that the company has been hacked by an unknown hacker earlier this week. Kickstarter said in a blog post that no credit card information was...

Kickstarter Compromised, User Data Stolen

Attackers broke into the network of Kickstarter, the crowdfunding platform, and stole a variety of user data, including usernames, addresses, email addresses and encrypted passwords. Company officials didn’t specify exactly how many users were affected and said that “no credit card data of any ki...

May 2012 – Mythic/Kickstarter

‘Mythic: Stories of Gods and Men’ was yanked from the increasingly popular crowd-funding website, Kickstarter, earlier this year after it became apparent that the game was, in actuality, a sham. Mythic touted itself as an action/strategy based role playing game and managed to raise $4,739 from 83...

Kickstarter Data Breach Publishes 70,000 Startup Ideas

An application programming interface API error on the popular Kickstarter crowdfunding website exposed the plans and descriptions of more than 70,000 yet-to-be launched projects. The API bug exposed project descriptions, goals, durations, rewards, videos, images, locations, categories, and...

Scam Video Game Startup Yanked From Kickstarter After Raising Thousands

A project soliciting funds for a new video game to compete with the likes of World of Warcraft and Skyrim has been pulled from the crowd funding website Kickstarter after it became clear that the proposal was a sham. Mythic: The Story of Gods and Men raised $4,739 from 83 backers before it was...

"Reboot" - Upcoming latest Hacker Movie you should watch !

"Reboot" - Upcoming latest Hacker Movie you should watch Rosa Entertainment and Jan-Ken-Po Pictures just announced that their cyberpunk thriller short film "Reboot" will launch with a Sneak Preview at DEFCON. Written and Directed by Joe Kawasaki, and Produced by Sidney Sherman, the film stars a...

Ubertooth - An Open Source Bluetooth Test Tool download !

This project was originally unveiled at the recently concluded ShmooCon. It shows a lot of promise and the authors two years of study and experimentation. The name is Ubertooth. Ubertooth is an open source 2.4 GHz wireless development platform suitable for passive bluetooth monitoring. It aims to...