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| Idaho inmates hacked prison system to add money to their accounts |
| By helpnetsecurity.com- Zeljka Zorz |
| Published: 07/30/2018 |
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364 inmates at five correctional facilities in Idaho have managed to add nearly a quarter million dollars worth of credit to their JPay accounts by exploiting a vulnerability in the system, the Associated Press reported. What is JPay? JPay is a US-based service provider that contracts with state Departments of Correction (DOC), county jails, and private federal prisons. It provides tablets designed specifically for the corrections industry through which inmates can send emails or messages to their loved ones, buy music, play games, receive money to their commissary or trust account, and more (all for a fee, of course). The inmates get the tablet and are allowed to use it, but they can’t access the Internet from it. Read More. |
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