HackingTelecom & MediaInformationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pay Tel Communications

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 1, 2025

Filed

Sep 28, 2026

To disclose

17 months

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 records

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Pay Tel Communications →2 incidents on file

Pay Tel Communications, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of an incident where unauthorized access occurred between May 25-27, 2025. The company identified suspicious activity in May 2025. Files were copied from the network. The review determined that names and Social Security numbers of one New Hampshire resident were involved. The company secured its network, notified law enforcement and the FCC, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d17 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

May 25, 2025

Begins

Sep 28, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 3 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by dragonforce about this victim was first seen 459 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitedragonforcebd_a0a988e103f1c9402025-06-25 · +459dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_7dab30586d585e012026-09-28Verified by operator

Name: Pay Tel Communications, Inc.
norm: pay tel communications

Name: Pay Tel Communications
norm: pay tel communications
Domain: paytel.com
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: May 1, 2025
Breach occurred: May 25, 2025 – May 27, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 28, 2026
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementNotified its primary federal regulator, the Federal Communications Commission

During the incident: Took steps to secure its computer network
Began an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity
Notified federal law enforcement
Notified its primary federal regulator, the Federal Communications Commission
Providing access to complimentary credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Experian
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards
Implemented training for its employees
Implemented additional cybersecurity measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 months(515 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGSep 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 28 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/pay-tel-communication-20260928.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 28, 2026
Raw hash: 48157adfebf11e39c21868b174044c66b20d48214a736fb4b3f9b571083d6682

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPay Tel Communications, Inc.

Victim entityPay Tel Communications

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2025

Stated responseTook steps to secure its computer network

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov