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Central Okanagan Crimestoppers website compromised

The Regional District Central Okanagan was informed of the incident on Jan. 29
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The Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers website was compromised in January.

The Regional District Central Okanagan (RDCO) was informed of the incident on Jan. 29.

The site is hosted on behalf of Crime Stoppers by a third-party vendor.

A post on the RDCO website states the site has now been moved to an alternative platform and is safe to access.

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The post did not say how long the site may have been compromised and urges anyone with concerns about their use of the site to email communications@rdco.com.

The RDCO will provide updates as they become available during the investigation.

Itsa国际传媒檚 not the first time the Crime Stoppers website has been compromised.

In March 2013 the Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers Society site was hacked by an organization in Morocco.

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