Pay Tel Communications
Disclosed May 28, 20264 months agoUnverified
Prison phone provider Pay Tel exposed IDs of over 300,000 callers
Researchers found an unprotected Azure storage server at prison phone provider Pay Tel exposing driver's licenses, inmate communications and financial records of more than 300,000 people. It was secured after an alert on May 7; the company did not acknowledge the incident.
What is known
| People affected | Not stated in the sources we have |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | May 28, 2026 |
| Attack | Exposed data |
| Data exposed | Government IDs, Messages, Financial, Location |
| Sector | Telecom · US |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| A security lapse at prison payphone service Pay Tel publicly exposed over 300,000 callers' driver's licensestechcrunch.com · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | May 28 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · added · seed source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Research). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.