Trump Mobile website loophole exposes customers' personal data — 'do not order unless you’re ready for your information to be leaked'
A security loophole on the Trump Mobile website has exposed customers' personal data, including names and addresses. Hackers have reportedly accessed the database, raising concerns about the vulnerability. The company has not yet addressed the issue, overshadowing the soft sales of the Trump T1 phone.
- ▪A security exploit on the Trump Mobile website is leaking customer data.
- ▪The leaked information includes names, physical addresses, and email addresses, but not credit card details.
- ▪Sales for the Trump T1 phone are significantly lower than expected, with only 30,000 orders from 10,000 customers.
8 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 3 days. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Trump Mobile has exposed customers' personal data, including home addresses and phone numbers — Engadget
- ▪ Trump Mobile confirms it exposed customers’ personal data, including phone numbers and home addresses — TechCrunch
- ▪ Whoops! Trump Mobile seems to be leaking customer information — and order numbers might be far lower than previously estimated — TechRadar
- ▪ Trump Mobile Site Reportedly Exposing Customers' Private Data — r/privacy
- ▪ Trump Mobile Site Reportedly Exposing Customers' Private Data — PCMag
- ▪ Trump Mobile may be leaking customer addresses — The Verge
- ▪ Trump Mobile is leaking customer info [video] — Youtube
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| Publication time | Thu, 21 May 2026 16:37:51 +0000 |
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Phones Trump Mobile website loophole exposes customers' personal data — 'do not order unless you’re ready for your information to be leaked' News By John Velasco published 21 May 2026 Make America breached again When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Trump Mobile) Copy link Facebook X Reddit Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter While deliveries for the long-awaited Trump T1 phone are slowly rolling out after nearly a year of waiting, there appears to be another, more problematic issue happening at the moment.
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