Leak of Canadian Crime Stoppers tips prompts Ontario branches and police to suspend the program

Several Crime Stoppers branches across Canada have suspended their programs, and police in Ontario, including Toronto, Hamilton, Halton, Windsor and York, have stopped using the program or ended their partnership with it, following a breach that affected anonymous tips. A CBC investigation revealed the scale of the leak, and sources differ on the number of affected tips.

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• At least seven branches, including the most heavily affected in terms of the number of compromised tips, announced the suspension of their programs a day after CBC revealed the scale of the leak.

  «At least seven Crime Stoppers chapters — including the one with the largest number of compromised tips — have announced they are suspending programs»

  CBC
• The chair of Crime Stoppers in Toronto described the breach, which stole more than 176,000 tips, as devastating to the program, the public and partner police.

  «the data breach that stole more than 176,000 tips has been “devastating” for the program as well as for the public and police partners»

  CTV News
• According to CBC, more than 1.5 million tips were leaked in a breach that occurred in June, and police forces across Ontario, including Hamilton and Halton, suspended use of the program.

  «more than 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips were leaked in a data breach in June»

  CBC
• Hamilton and Halton police suspended use of the program after a breach of the third-party platform that manages anonymous tips.

  «following a cyber-security breach of the third-party platform that manages its anonymous tips»

  CHCH
• Peel Regional Police said the incident affects Crime Stoppers organizations in Canada and the United States, and stressed the protection of tipsters' anonymity and safety.

  «the importance of protecting the anonymity and safety of individuals who provide information to support investigations»

  Peel Regional Police

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