Idaho prisoners hacked prison plates and stole $ 225 thousands

A group of prisoners in the state of Idaho took advantage of the vulnerability in the prison plates JPay and caused damage to the company at 225 thousand dollars. JPay charged the prisoners with a fee for using the Internet and services, but they learned how to get it for free.

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According to the newspaper, 364 prisoners who were in different prisons of the state, together stole from JPay about 225 thousand dollars in "loans", writes Tjournal. The company used a credit system and sold access to digital services, such as email, music, games, and money transfers. But prisoners found vulnerability in it and learned how to get services for free.

«Они намеренно эксплуатировали уязвимость в JPay, чтобы увеличить баланс своих аккаунтов. Они знали систему JPay и знали, какие действия нужно совершить, чтобы начислить себе кредиты», — сообщил Джефф Рэй, представитель Департамента коррекции Айдахо.

The authorities did not disclose what exactly the vulnerability was and how many prisoners learned to use it. JPay has already recovered about 65 thousands of dollars in damage and suspended the ability to spend "credits" on music and games for some prisoners until they paid off their debts. According to the AP, most of the prisoners gave themselves a thousand dollars in loans, and the largest use of the vulnerability was the appointment of an amount of 10 thousand dollars.

JPay is a private company that, for a fee, offers American prisoners to use tablets to access the outside world. Users need to pay separately for access to e-mail, money transfer, games and music.

Family members of the prisoners can buy the device, or they themselves, as well as JPay, are sometimes given away for free, as thousands of people did in 53 prisons in New York State prisons in 2018.

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