Conservative MP and ethics critic James Bezan is asking the privacy commissioner to investigate the hacking of the GiveSendGo crowdfunding platform and subsequent leak of private information on donors to the Freedom Convoy fundraiser. “The illegal hacking of crowdfunding platforms and email accounts has resulted in tens of thousands of Canadians’ personal information being circulated online,” wrote Bezan in his March 9 letter to Commissioner Daniel Therrien. “This blatant breach of privacy has resulted in ‘doxxing’ campaigns on social media, numerous media stories in national and international media, mapping of personal and business addresses found in this data, and targeted harassment campaigns.” GiveSendGo discovered the hack on Feb. 13. The material was subsequently posted by the leak website Distributed Denial of Secrets and made available to journalists and researchers. Some media outlets proceeded to publish the information and contact donors. Bezan also remarked how the government’s explanatory document to justify …
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