Most of us worry about our data getting leaked as individuals not behind bars. Turns out, prison inmates also need to be on the lookout.
In the latest, Comparitech has revealed a new report detailing how a company named Telmate running a service that is used by prisoners for communicating with the outside world has leaked a database containing their data.
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This data involves private messages; call logs including the call duration & time; account balances; personal information of both the sender and recipient such as:
Full namesDOBsGenderEmail addressesPhysical addressesText messagesIP addresses and much more with the number of records amounting in millions.
See: 364 inmates hacked prison tablets to steal almost $225,000
As atypical, the database was exposed without a password in a bid to be consistent with bad security practices. Screenshot shared by Comparitech shows the structure of leaked data:
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The good thing though is that when the researcher contacted its parent company named Global Tel Link on 13th August, they got a response within a quick 2 hours with the database being secure in a mere 1.
This was indeed fast reflecting a good approach from the company. However, concerns remain as to if someone else got access to the database during the period in which it was exposed. If yes, this could turn out to be both mildly and very dangerous as enemies of the prisoners could use their data to b ..
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