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Pay Tel Communications

Disclosed May 28, 20261,717 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

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 affected1,717 (as reported by the organization)
DisclosedMay 28, 2026
HappenedMay 25, 2025
AttackExposed data
Data exposedGovernment IDsMessagesFinancialLocation
SectorTelecom · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Newstechcrunch.com
A security lapse at prison payphone service Pay Tel publicly exposed over 300,000 callers' driver's licenses
Official noticein.gov
Indiana Attorney General 2026 data breach report: Pay Tel Communications

Notices filed

TotalMay 28
ResearchCount not stated
Residents of INSep 28
Indiana AG1 person
History of this record
source_type2026-10-02
press to officialby dailySource
source_url2026-10-02
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/a-security-lapse-at-prison-payphone-service-pay-tel-publicly-exposed-over-300000-callers-drivers-licenses/ to https://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/consumer-protection-division/id-theft-prevention/files/DB-October-Year-to-Date-Report-2026.pdfby dailySource
status2026-10-02
disclosed to confirmedby dailySource
verified_by2026-10-02
empty to in-agby dailySource
verified2026-10-02
0 to 1by dailySource
records_basis2026-10-02
empty to organizationby dailySource
records2026-10-02
empty to 1717by dailySource
occurred2026-10-02
empty to 2025-05-25by dailySource
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby seedSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Research), confirmed by Indiana AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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