Trump Mobile investigating potential exposure of would-be customers’ personal information

Key Takeaways

• A phone company launched by Donald Trump’s family business is investigating a potential security flaw on its website that appears to have exposed the personal details of an estimated 27,000 people who sought to buy a gold-coloured smartphone.
• Trump Mobile said in a statement that it was investigating the issue – “with the assistance of independent cybersecurity professionals” – in which the full names, addresses and phone numbers of people who filled out preorder forms appeared to be exposed.
• “Based on the available information, we have not identified evidence that Trump Mobile’s systems, infrastructure, or network were directly compromised.
• The investigation remains ongoing,” the company said in response to questions from the Guardian about the issue.
• “At this time, the incident does not appear to involve Trump Mobile payment card information, banking information, Social Security numbers, call records, text messages, or other highly sensitive financial data.