{
  "id": 16229942,
  "title": "Winnipeg police suspend use of Crime Stoppers after data breach",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/winnipeg-police-suspend-use-of-crime-stoppers-after-data-breach",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T21:22:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/uncategorized/2026/10/23/winnipeg-police-suspend-use-of-crime-stoppers-after-data-breach"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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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  "key_points": [
    "Winnipeg police suspend Crime Stoppers use post data breach",
    "1.5 million tips stolen from Canadian Crime Stoppers programs",
    "Police assessing Crime Stoppers' new safety measures"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/16229942.png",
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Winnipeg police suspend Crime Stoppers tips following data breach",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/winnipeg-police-suspend-crime-stoppers-tips-following-data-breach",
        "published": "2026-10-23T21:17:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}