不列颠哥伦比亚省隐私监管机构已启动调查，以查明在加拿大发生大规模数据泄露后，该省 Crime Stoppers 协会是否采取了充分措施保护个人信息。
B.C.'s privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into whether the provincial Crime Stoppers society took adequate steps to protect personal information following a massive data breach across Canada.
不列颠哥伦比亚省信息与隐私专员办公室（OIPC）周二宣布，正在调查 B.C. Crime Stoppers 是否履行了其根据《个人信息保护法》承担的义务，即采取合理步骤保护其持有的个人信息。
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for B.C. (OIPC) announced Tuesday that it's investigating whether the B.C. Crime Stoppers met its obligation under the Personal Information Protection Act to take reasonable steps to safeguard the personal information it holds.
上个月，CBC 的一项独家调查发现，过去 25 年间提交给加拿大 Crime Stoppers 项目的 150 多万条线索在一起大规模数据泄露中被曝光。
Last month, an exclusive CBC investigation found more than 1.5 million tips submitted to Canadian Crime Stoppers programs over the last 25 years were exposed in a massive data breach.
数据于去年 3 月被黑客组织“Internet Yiff Machine”窃取。该组织在一份宣言中表示，旨在反驳 P3 Global Intel —— 受 Crime Stoppers 雇佣管理其线索的公司 —— 关于该平台“匿名”且“安全”的说法。更多加拿大 Crime Stoppers 分会在 CBC 调查后暂停项目 | Hanomansing Live 10 月 23 日 时长 Crime Stoppers 是一个由平民运营的非营利组织网络，收集关于犯罪和可疑活动的匿名线索。它独立于执法机关运作，但会将部分线索转交给他们以协助调查。
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." More Canadian Crime Stoppers chapters pause program after CBC investigation | Hanomansing Live October 23 Duration Crime Stoppers is a network of civilian-run non-profits that collects anonymous tips on crime and suspicious activity. It operates independently of law enforcement, though it refers a portion of tips back to them to assist in investigations.
该组织经常与警方合作，呼吁公众协助破解悬案和推进调查 —— 所有这一切都建立在为联系他们的举报人提供匿名保障的承诺之上。
The organization often appeals to the public, in partnership with police, for help with unsolved crimes and to advance investigations — all with the promise of anonymity for tipsters who contact them.
许多泄露的线索涉及严重指控，有些人明确表示担心因挺身而出而遭到报复。
Many of the compromised tips dealt with serious allegations, with some people explicitly saying they feared retribution for speaking out.
三分之一的线索涉及毒品和贩毒；数百条报告了社区内的可疑活动，往往点名道姓并牵涉有组织犯罪、摩托车帮派或贩毒集团 —— 包括地狱天使、Rock Machine 和 Outlaws，以及不列颠哥伦比亚省的红蝎子帮和独立士兵帮。
A third of all tips talked about drugs and drug trafficking; hundreds reported suspicious activity in their neighbourhoods, often naming individuals and implicating organized crime, biker gangs or drug cartels — including the Hells Angels, Rock Machine and Outlaws, as well as B.C.’s Red Scorpions and Independent Soldiers.
加拿大犯罪线人协会建议各分会仅接受电话举报 此次泄露事件促使加拿大多地警方机构和犯罪线人分会暂停参与或停止接受举报。
Canadian Crime Stoppers Association advises chapters to accept tips by phone only The breach has prompted several police agencies and Crime Stoppers chapters across Canada to temporarily suspend their participation or stop accepting tips.
大温哥华犯罪线人组织在其网站上发布通知，要求民众在另行通知前不要通过其项目提交信息。
Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers has posted a notice on its website asking people not to submit information through its program until further notice.
该组织表示：“此次暂停是暂时的。一旦我们确信安全，将立即恢复接受新举报。”该组织建议掌握犯罪信息的人士改为联系当地警方。
"This pause is temporary. We will begin accepting new tips as soon as we are confident it is safe to do so," the organization said. It is directing people with information about crimes to contact their local police departments instead.
据不列颠哥伦比亚省犯罪线人组织称，全省共有15个由志愿者运营的分会。
According to B.C. Crime Stoppers, 15 volunteer-driven chapters operate across the province.
不列颠哥伦比亚省信息与隐私专员办公室表示，鉴于涉及数据的敏感性质，认为其信息可能已泄露的民众无需提交个人投诉。该监管机构称，因调查仍在进行中，无法提供更多细节。联邦隐私专员此前也已宣布其办公室正在调查此次泄露事件。
The OIPC says people who believe their information may have been compromised do not need to file individual complaints because of the sensitive nature of the data involved. The watchdog said it could not provide further details while its investigation remains active. The federal privacy commissioner has also previously announced his office is looking into the breach