Trump Mobile confirms it disclosed customers’ personal data, including phone numbers and home addresses


Phone provider Trump Mobile has confirmed that it exposes customer names, email addresses, postal addresses, phone numbers and order IDs for the open internet.

Chris Walker, a spokesman for the Trump-branded phone maker, told TechCrunch that the company is investigating the exposure and has found no evidence of content or financial information being leaked online. The company said there was no hacking of Trump Mobile’s network, systems or infrastructure.

The exposure is linked to a third-party platform provider that supports “certain Trump Mobile operations,” the spokesperson said. Walker did not provide the name of the provider.

The company’s acceptance came next Reports earlier this week Trump Mobile customer data is generally accessible through the web.

On Wednesday, two YouTubers who requested a Trump Mobile phone He said a researcher alerted them that their personal information had been exposed online. YouTubers COVIZELLA and penguinz0 They said they tried to alert Trump Mobile of the exposure after the researcher also tried to no avail.

Walker said Trump Mobile is evaluating whether it needs to notify customers about the disclosure of their personal data.

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