Trump Mobile fails to deliver phones, leaks customer data including emails and addresses
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Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
The Trump Organization's "Trump Mobile" venture has failed to ship phones to most customers who paid $100 deposits a year ago, while simultaneously leaking sensitive customer data (emails, addresses, phone numbers) through their website. The company has confirmed the data leak and is blaming third parties for the security failure.
Key quotes
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rubes patriots who signed up did get something else instead: their private data leaked to the public.
the Trump Mobile website openly shared customer emails, addresses, phone numbers, and other sensitive data.
Trump Mobile has subsequently confirmed the leak, which they're blaming on somebody else.
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