St. Thomas Police announced they temporarily paused participation in the local Crime Stoppers program after a cybersecurity breach involving its third-party anonymous tip collection platform. Police said in a news release on Friday, Oct. 23, they paused participating in the St. Thomas-Elgin Crime Stoppers program following a breach of Navigate360’s “P3” platform, which Crime Stoppers […]

Canada’s privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into a reportedly massive Crime Stoppers data breach as police departments across the country have paused accepting tips through the platform. The office of privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne says the probe will look into the cybersecurity incident involving Navigate360, the third-party company that manages the platform used by […]

LONG SAULT/ORILLIA – The Ontario Provincial Police is pausing its promotion of the Crime Stoppers program province-wide following a cybersecurity incident by a U.S.-based data provider.  Navigate360, a third-party company that managed all of the Crime Stoppers’ international tips — including that of the OPP programs like Seaway Valley Crime Stoppers — confirmed its systems […]