A hacked list of donors shows that 150 Guelph residents were among the thousands who donated to the Freedom Convoy 2022 through a Christian crowdfunding site.
Those Guelph donations totalled just over $14,000.
The group Distributed Denial of Secrets shared information reportedly hacked from the crowdfunding site GiveSendGo that it said it received earlier this week. Across the country, several individuals on the list have confirmed their contributions.
The site is still accepting donations, which have now surpassed US$9 million.
Distributed Denial of Secrets has a history of obtaining leaked information from right-wing organizations and providing it to the media, reports The Canadian Press.
The data set released shows names of donors, email addresses, postal codes and internet protocol addresses. It also includes comments made by contributors when making their donations.
Donations from people with Guelph postal codes ranged from $5 to $800.
The Guelph donors do not include any elected officials or anyone holding high public office, but does include local lawyers, business people and at least one University of Guelph professor.
The hacked data shows that Canadians donated US$4.31 million on the platform, with postal code searches showing Kelowna, B.C., Carleton Place, northwestern Alberta, Calgary, and Kitchener having the highest donation counts.
Last week, the Ontario government successfully petitioned a court to freeze access to millions of dollars donated through GiveSendGo to the convoy protesting COVID-19 restrictions in Ottawa and at several border crossings.
- with files from the Canadian Press
