Toronto Crime Stoppers suspends accepting tips following massive data breach
The non-profit paused anonymous tip intake after a third-party platform breach exposed 176,859 Toronto tips and 14,973 names, officials said.
- Toronto Crime Stoppers has temporarily stopped accepting tips after hackers stole more than 175,000 confidential submissions earlier this year, alongside nearly 15,000 names from the organization's database.
- The breach originated in March when tip software used by Toronto Crime Stoppers since 2018 was compromised, exposing confidential information submitted by the public through the organization's service.
- CBC reported that 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips submitted over 25 years were exposed nationally, while Toronto-specific data included 176,859 tips and 14,973 names stolen from the database.
- Toronto police suspended use of Crime Stoppers while reviewing the breach, citing that it "raises serious concerns regarding the protection of confidential information provided through the Crime Stoppers program."
- Crime Stoppers says it is working on a "safer way" to accept tips and will share details in the coming days while assessing additional security measures to restore public trust.
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TORONTO — Toronto Crime Stoppers has temporarily stopped accepting tips after it says more than 175,000 of them were stolen by hackers earlier this year, alongside nearly 15,000 names.
Toronto Crime Stoppers pauses tip program after hackers steal thousands of tips
You can’t leave an anonymous tip with Toronto Crime Stoppers right now. The non-profit is pausing the program after their tip program, P3, was hacked. P3 is owned by Navigate360, a third party and the company has confirmed 176,859 tips provided between January 2022 and November 2025 were stolen. There were nearly 15,000 names associated with those tips, but it’s unclear whether the names belong to the people who submitted tips, to the people who…
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