# More Than 1.5 Million Canadian Crime Stoppers Tips Leaked DevFeed: [More Than 1.5 Million Canadian Crime Stoppers Tips Leaked]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: BeauHD Published: 2026-10-21T21:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Slashdot]() Topics: [pii](), [sensitive data]() Tags: [anonymity](), [breach](), [crime](), [cybersecurity](), [data](), [decades](), [exposed](), [personally-identifiable-information](), [phone](), [platform](), [records](), [tips]() ## AI overview A breach of P3 Global Intel's Crime Stoppers tip-management platform exposed more than 1.5 million Canadian tips spanning 25 years; about 850,000 records contained personal information such as contact details, license plates, and some banking details. CBC found more than 4,300 tipsters had given their full names, and some records remained unredacted despite staff warnings that people had identified themselves or been exposed. The leaked tips included sensitive allegations, and nearly 49,000 were linked to cases cleared through arrests or charges. Cybersecurity experts questioned retaining closed tips for decades. The RCMP was first told Canadian data was unaffected, then assured exposed records lacked personal information--claims that appear to conflict with CBC's findings. Affected people have not been systematically notified because contacting them could further compromise their anonymity. ## Source excerpt A CBC investigation found that more than 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips spanning 25 years were exposed in a breach of the P3 Global Intel tip-management platform. About 850,000 records contained personally identifiable information, including addresses, phone numbers, emails, license plates and some banking details. Longtime Slashdot reader doconnor shares the report: The data was stolen last March by hacktivist collective Internet Yiff Machine. In a manifesto, the group said it wanted to disprove the claim by P3 Global Intel -- the company hired by Crime Stoppers to manage its tips -- that the platform was "anonymous" and "secure." A copy of the hacked data was made available to researchers and journalists, including CBC, by Distributed Denial of Secrets, a U.S. non-profit that archives and publishes hacked and leaked documents it deems to be in the public interest. The report found that more than 4,300 Crime Stoppers tipsters identified themselves by their full name, with hundreds of records containing staff warnings that individuals had "self-identified" or been "exposed," yet their information remained unredacted. The leaked data included sensitive allegations involving murder, terrorism, drug trafficking and organized crime, with nearly 49,000 tips linked to cases cleared through arrests or criminal charges. Cybersecurity experts criticized the retention of decades-old records... "If a tip is closed, does that need to stay online?" asked cybersecurity expert Ben Coon. "The answer to that, to me, is no." The RCMP was initially told Canadian data was unaffected, then assured that exposed Canadian records contained no personally identifiable information. This appears to contradict the CBC's findings. Furthermore, affected individuals have not been systematically notified because contacting them could further jeopardize their anonymity. "For a system that has been designed to promise anonymity to the users, that has failed categorically," said Prof. Ali De