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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Christian Nogot Puno

Trump Mobile Customers Face Phishing Risk After Hackers Post 3,615 Names, Addresses and Phone Numbers Online

Trump Mobile licenses its name from the Trump Organization, whose own IT chief is named in the exposed file of customer records (Credit: Kidfly182 / CC BY 4.0)

A hacking group called BYOD claims to have dumped 3,615 Trump Mobile customer entries on a dark web leak site. The file reportedly contains names, email addresses, home addresses, phone numbers, and order records, Straight Arrow News reported on 5 October. Trump Mobile did not answer requests for comment.

Phishing is a scam in which criminals pose as a trusted firm to steal money or login codes. Order records let them pass as the phone company, which makes a fake harder to spot. Americans lost $470 million (£355 million) to scams that began with a text in 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says.

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