Another company has fallen victim to the work of hackers. This time is the crowd-funding site Kickstarter, which reported a breach to its users. Since 2009, the site has helped 56,000 projects take off with the help of 5.6 million people who have pledged funding to various projects. Have all these people become targets? And what have the hackers gotten away with?

According to CNN, the company was informed of the breached by law enforcement on Wednesday and moved immediately to contain the security breach. On Saturday, the company informed users of the incident via a blog post written by its CEO Yancey Stickler. In the message, the CEO reassures users of their security and informs them on what transpired.

"Actual passwords were not revealed, however it is possible for a malicious person with enough computing power to guess and crack an encrypted password, particularly a weak or obvious one," Yancey wrote in a blog post, adding that "as a precaution, we strongly recommend that you create a new password for your Kickstarter account, and other accounts where you use this password."

It is reported that the hackers stole no credit card information but they did manage to acquire usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers and encrypted passwords. To ensure the safety of their users, the company strongly recommends for users to change their passwords. They have set up instructions for users to follow if they wish to change their passwords.

The company also states, "there is no evidence of unauthorized activity of any kind on all but two Kickstarter user accounts." They also explained their reasoning behind the delay in informing users. "We immediately closed the breach and notified everyone as soon we had thoroughly investigated the situation," the statement reads. The company also profusely apologized to users.

"We set a very high bar for how we serve our community, and this incident is frustrating and upsetting," writes Stickler. "We have since improved our security procedures and systems in numerous ways, and we will continue to do so in the weeks and months to come."