Trump Mobile, the phone company launched by Donald Trump's family business, is investigating a security flaw on its website that may have exposed the personal details of around 27,000 people who sought to buy a gold-coloured smartphone. The company said in a statement that it is looking into the issue with the help of independent cybersecurity professionals, after full names, addresses and phone numbers of individuals who filled out preorder forms appeared to be exposed.
Trump Mobile stated that there is no evidence its systems were directly compromised, and the incident does not appear to involve payment card information, banking details, Social Security numbers, call records, text messages or other highly sensitive financial data. The impacted information is limited to customer details including names, email addresses, mailing addresses, order identifiers and mobile phone numbers. The company has implemented additional safeguards and monitoring measures and is evaluating notification obligations.
The discovery was made by an Australian programmer who has worked in IT for nearly 20 years. He reported the potential security flaws to Trump Mobile. Jonathan Soma, a programmer and professor at Columbia University, reviewed the code and said the website used a common e-commerce model where every potential order added another '1' to a list, reaching 27,224 possible pre-orders. However, he noted that the code reflected the last step before payment, meaning those who abandoned their carts without paying were also recorded, so the true number of preorders is likely lower.
The security vulnerability comes nearly a year after the Trump Organization debuted the cellular service and smartphone product in June 2025, coinciding with the 10-year anniversary of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. The company initially promised the phones would be 'proudly designed and built in the US', but after an almost 10-month delay, it reversed that promise. The Trump Mobile website now says the phones are 'designed with American values in mind'. Last week, CEO Pat O'Brien said the first T1 phones were assembled in the US and would use components primarily manufactured locally, but he would not confirm the number of preorders.
