Trump Mobile, the telecom and smartphone company owned by the sons of US President Donald Trump, and is branded using the latter's face and likeness, has confirmed that it was exposing customer data on the open clear web.
Speaking with TechCrunch, spokesperson Chris Walker said an investigation was underway into the exposure, but said it is yet to find evidence of data publicly accessible online.
However, according to a pair of YouTubers who ordered the Trump smartphone, the T1, said they were contacted by a researcher who said that their data was publicly exposed.
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Both YouTubers, penguinz0 and Coffeezilla said that they had tried to contact Trump Mobile about the incident but were unable to, having only purchased the phones out of curiosity rather than to support the company or for interest in using the device.
“I know that because sadly I am one of those customers whose mailing address, email address, you know, everything short of credit card number is being leaked,” Coffezilla said.
“Do not order on trumpmobile.com unless you’re ready for your information to be leaked. It’s basically that bad.”
“All of us have been met with radio silence,” penguinz0 said.
Both YouTubers remained silent on how the data was accessed as it is still available and easy to do.
According to reports, data includes names, email addresses, mailing addresses, mobile phone numbers and order identifiers.
Walker said that the exposure was linked to a third-party firm that supports "certain Trump Mobile operations.” He did not however name the third-party in question.
He also added that the company was investigating whether it needs to send impacted customers a notification of the incident and the compromise of their personal data.
The T1 has faced major controversy since it was announced, with the leak revealing that despite the news of 590,000 preorders of the phone, only 30,000 people ordered it.
It also was promised as a “Made in the USA” phone, a phrase that still features on its website. However, Trump Mobile executives Eric Thomas and Don Hendrickson confirmed with The Verge that the phone is not American-made, and instead said that the production was being done by a “favored nation”, and would go through a “final assembly” stage in Miami that “apparently involves putting together the final 10 or so pieces,” according to the publication.
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Born in the heart of Western Sydney, Daniel Croft is a passionate journalist with an understanding for and experience writing in the technology space. Having studied at Macquarie University, he joined Momentum Media in 2022, writing across a number of publications including Australian Aviation, Cyber Security Connect and Defence Connect. Outside of writing, Daniel has a keen interest in music, and spends his time playing in bands around Sydney.





















