{
  "id": 16236756,
  "title": "Ottawa police suspend use of Crime Stoppers platform",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/ottawa-police-suspend-use-of-crime-stoppers-platform",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T22:33:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ottawa Citizen",
    "slug": "ottawa-citizen",
    "url": "https://ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-police-suspend-crime-stoppers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Winnipeg police have suspended their use of the Crime Stoppers crime-reporting system due to a massive data breach. According to Global News, the department will attempt to accommodate anonymous information through its tip line whenever possible.\n\nThe Ottawa Citizen reports that the Friday evening decision by Ottawa police followed similar actions by police services across Canada in response to the reported data breach impacting the platform.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}