Winnipeg police suspend use of Crime Stoppers after data breach
Winnipeg police have halted their use of Crime Stoppers following a significant data breach affecting the crime-reporting system. This comes in response to CBC's report that 1.5 million tips submitted to Canadian Crime Stoppers programs over the past 25 years were stolen earlier this year. The city's police were informed that some local data was part of the breach.
They are currently assessing the new safety measures and security protocols that Crime Stoppers is implementing. Similar actions have been taken by other Canadian police forces, including several in the Toronto area. Crime Stoppers is an organization that enables individuals to report crime information anonymously to law enforcement. This news was originally published by The Canadian Press on October 23, 2026.
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