A security lapse at prison pay phone service Pay Tel publicly exposed over 300K callers’ driver’s licenses
A significant data breach has been discovered at Pay Tel, a company providing phone services for correctional facilities. An unprotected server exposed the driver's licenses and other personal data of over 300,000 individuals who used the service. The lapse was due to a misconfigured cloud storage bucket that allowed public access.
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This is another textbook example of a cloud misconfiguration leading to a massive data leak of sensitive PII. It's a stark reminder that even with sophisticated cloud platforms, the fundamentals of securing resources are non-negotiable.
A security lapse at prison pay phone service Pay Tel publicly exposed over 300K callers’ driver’s licenses from TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/a-security-lapse-at-prison-payphone-service-pay-tel-publicly-exposed-over-300000-callers-drivers-licenses/) [Thu, 28 May 2026 18:00:00 +0000]