Pay Tel Communications
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Full breach record for Pay Tel Communications →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group DragonForce on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.
Source: Ransomware.live
Post text · scraped from the leak site
Pay Tel Communications, Inc. specializes in providing technology solutions designed to enhance safety and efficiency within confinement facilities and support the needs of incarcerated individuals. Their product offerings include secure communication platforms, educational resources, and multi-function tablets aimed at improving the lives of detainees. The data includes: 10,000+ video call recordings 10,000+ audio call recordings 20,000+ scans of physical mail 70,000+ work-related documents The list of facilities affected by the breach: Alexander County NC Alleghany County Jail NC Alleghany Covington Regional Jail VA Anderson County SC Ashe County Jail NC Barnwell County Jail SC Bartow County GA Beaufort County Detention Center NC Bertie Martin Regional Jail NC Bleckley County Jail GA Bradford County Jail FL Burke Catawba NC Burke County GA Burke County Jail NC Butts County GA Carteret County Detention Center NC Caswell County Detention Center NC Catawba County NC Chatham County GA Citrus County Jail Colleton County Jail SC Columbia County GA Coweta County GA Crisp County Jail GA Currituck County Detention Center NC Dare County Jail NC Davidson County Detention NC Davie County Jail NC Dooly County Jail GA Dorchester SC (St George and Summerville) Duchesne County Detention Center UT Duplin County Detention Center NC Eastern Shore Regional VA Edgecombe County Jail NC Elbert County Jail GA Emanuel County Jail GA Fauquier County Det Center VA Flagler County Jail FL Florence County Jail SC Forsyth County Jail GA Forsyth County Jail NC Franklin County Jail FL Franklin County Jail GA Franklin County Jail MO Franklin County Jail NC Gadsden County FL Gilmer County Jail GA Glynn County Detention Center GA Gordon County Jail GA Granville County Jail NC Greene County NC Guilford County Juvenile Center Guilford County NC Halifax County Jail NC Haralson County Jail GA Heard County
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Jun 25, 2025
Claim posted
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No filing yet · watching
Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.
Claim → filing
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Compliance clock
Not assessable
Evidence ladder
Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.
No regulatory filing corroborates this yet — it is the attacker's own assertion. Watch this entity to be notified the moment a filing corroborates or contradicts it.
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The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.
dragonforce
According to ransomware.live, DragonForce is a major ransomware-as-a-service operation first observed in August 2023 that launched a formal affiliate program offering 80% revenue share, then rebranded as a "ransomware cartel" in 2025, gaining notoriety for high-profile attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods.