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Hacker says they compromised millions of confidential police tips held by US company

Streetinsider • March 18, 2026

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WASHINGTON, March ‌18 (Reuters) - A hacker says they have broken into a U.S. platform for searching law enforcement hotline messages and compromised more ‌than 8 million confidential tips.

In a statement posted online, ⁠the hacker - who used the name "Internet Yiff Machine" - said they had broken ‌into tip intelligence platform P3 ‌Global Intel, an arm of safety company Navigate360, and stolen 93 gigabytes of data.

The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for . P3 did not respond to repeated requests. On its website, Navigate360 described itself ⁠as the "leading provider of innovative tips and leads solutions" for law enforcement, federal agencies, the military, and school safety initiatives. Yiff Machine, in their statement, used a profane anti-police slogan and warned the public, "Don't do the dirty ‌work for the pigs."

In an email, the hacker said they took over one of P3's customer ⁠accounts via social engineering and then exploited a vulnerability to grab data.

Reuters could not immediately verify Yiff Machine's claims, but the website ⁠Straight Arrow News, which first reported the breach, said it had corroborated the authenticity of some of the material by contacting tipsters whose details appeared in the data. The transparency website Distributed Denial of Secrets - which ‌archives material from hacks and leaks - said it too had received a copy of the data ‌and would make it available to "established journalists and researchers."

In a ⁠statement, the site's founder, Emma ‌Best, said the data "provides excruciating detail" on a tip collection system that "seeks to make everyone an informant."

(Reporting by Raphael SatterEditing by Rod ‌Nickel)

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Massive Data Breach Exposes Over 8 Million Police Tips in US A hacker known as 'Internet Yiff Machine' claims to have breached the P3 Global Intel platform, a tip intelligence system operated by Navigate360, compromising over 8 million confidential police tips. The hacker exploited social engineering to take over a customer account and then leveraged a system vulnerability to access 93 gigabytes of sensitive data. The breach has raised concerns among law enforcement agencies across the U.S., including those in Hawaii, about the potential exposure of confidential tipster information. The FBI and Navigate360 have not provided immediate comments regarding the breach, and the extent of the impact on local agencies is still being assessed. The transparency group Distributed Denial of Secrets has received a copy of the leaked data and plans to share it with vetted journalists and researchers. Reports indicate that the authenticity of some leaked data has been corroborated by contacting affected tipsters. 5 sources 66

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