Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
An anonymous hacker has accessed 70 million phone calls placed by inmates in at least 37 states by breaching Securus Technologies, a prominent telecommunications provider for correctional institutions. Of these, at least 14,000 were confidential conversations between inmates and their attorneys. The Intercept, an investigative news site, first reported the attack after receiving insider information from the hacker. The site states the telecommunications hack spans a nearly two-and-a-half year period, beginning in December 2011 and ending in the spring of 2014. Securus records all inmate phone calls to uphold security standards within these facilities; however, they are not allowed to record and store conversations between inmates and their attorneys in many states. The hacker claims they released these records to expose the recordings of attorney-client communications, an act that potentially impedes an inmate’s right to effective assistance of counsel. This hack comes approximately a year after a group of Texas lawyers sued Securus for illegally recording privileged conversations. Securus’ protocol is for attorneys to register their phone numbers for exemption; however, unregistered numbers, despite the nature of the conversation, will still be recorded. Securus is currently cooperating with law enforcement to investigate the incident. In a company statement, Securus suggests […]
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