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A security lapse at prison payphone service Pay Tel publicly exposed over 300K callers’ driver’s licenses
Pay Tel secured the publicly exposed data after security researchers discovered the leak containing callers' sensitive ID documents and inmate communications.
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A cybersecurity firm identified a Microsoft Azure storage server owned by prison calling service Pay Tel that was publicly accessible, exposing at least 300,000 scanned driver’s licenses and other government‑issued ID documents. UpGuard reported the lapse to Pay Tel, prompting the company to secure the exposed cloud server.
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