Toronto Crime Stoppers halts tip intake after hackers stole 176,859 tips and 14,973 names

Toronto Crime Stoppers has paused all tip intake after hackers stole 176,859 tips submitted between January 2022 and November 2025 — including 14,973 names — from its P3 tip software.

Chair Sean Sportun announced the pause in a statement on Wednesday evening, hours after CBC News published an investigation finding that more than 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips submitted over 25 years had been exposed in the leak. The charity removed the “Tip Submit” feature from its website, told vendor Navigate360 to suspend intake for its chapter, and directed the National Anonymous Call Centre to stop accepting or processing tips. “Until we have a safer way to protect you, please do not send us tips by phone, online, or through the app,” Sportun said.

Sportun said hackers stole the data from P3 in March. Navigate360, which owns the software, told the charity in April that Toronto’s data had not been taken — then said in June that it was affected, without saying what had been exposed. The charity says it still has not seen the text of the stolen tips.

CBC’s analysis of more than 8.3 million leaked records found that more than half of the Canadian tips contained personally identifiable information, and that in more than 4,300 reports tipsters had volunteered their full names. Toronto was the largest chapter in the leak, with more than 179,000 tips represented.

The Toronto Police Service said on Wednesday evening it had temporarily suspended its use of Crime Stoppers pending review. The RCMP said it was engaged with the Canadian Crime Stoppers Association to determine the full scope of the breach.

Sources

• CBC News (via NewsBeep): https://www.newsbeep.com/779762/
• CBC story (via EuropeSays): https://www.europesays.com/canada/259114/
• Tech Insider Canada: https://tech-insider.org/ca/toronto-crime-stoppers-data-leak-pause-2026/
• GenZNewz: https://genznewz.com/crime-stoppers-data-breach-pauses-toronto-tip-line