I wonder how many journalists were among that 3000
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Wait they only have 3,000 customers. How is that not the main story here, who cares if their data was hacked, if they are a custom of trump mobile they're probably the sort of idiot that posts their photos credit card on Facebook anyway
I think probably half of those are YouTubers who bought the phone as a bit for content, to tear it down and see just how shit it is, etc.
Which almost seems like the reverse double con.
There was never a phone in the first place. Never expected to be. It was all a scam to get lefty YouTubers to buy a thing that doesn't exist because they were going to shit all over it.
Lotta effort and embarrassment to get maybe a gross profit in the low 5 figures. Take into account the actual work to get it to that point, even a brick dropshipped from China is gonna cost something to send, and they certainly lost money on the con
I'm thinking more like someone convinced Don Jr to get the name rights, then ran off with the 5 figures.
the company's spokesperson then added the nugget that they were still evaluating whether they needed to inform the affected customers
Very on brand.
Legit they might not have to because the laws around that are based on the number of people affected. 3600 might be below that number.
They’d need to report if 10 of them are from Massachusetts.
Really doubt they have a Legal, Risk, and Compliance team to help them navigate state-specific laws
That's ... Not a lot of subscribers.
And that includes all the youtube influencers who subscribed for the lols.
That's still 3,600 people who already fell for an obvious grift. That's basically a gold mine in future scams!
I just feel bad for the two or three journalists who only subscribed to get the sauce
I mean, all in all that's less than I'd have thought it'd be. Kind of makes me feel better about things to be honest. I've had more than 3600 people engage with shit I've made and I'm nobody.
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Only 3600 subscribers 🤣😭
Explains why there's no one to handle it.
How many of them are content creators who were either rightoids given the phones for free or just got it to make fun of it on their videos
I'm more surprised that 3600 switched. I mean even among his most ardent followers there seems to be an understanding that he's not good business.
These terrorists shit in my pants again.
I feel you bro. Just last week Antifa made me have gay sex with this muscular black guy although I'm a straight white conservative guy.
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Interesting enough article, and thank you for sharing. But can we talk for a moment about the "About the author" and his apparent inability to decide whether that section should be in first- or third-person?
About the author: Writing is my one incontrovertible passion. Over the past six years, he has authored over 2,200 distinct articles on financial and tech-related topics, spanning nearly 1 million words. And he has been a member of Wcctech mobile team since 2025. As an alumnus of the University of Toronto, Rotman Commerce Program, I bring nuance, in-depth knowledge, and a unique perspective to every topic that I cover. When I'm not writing, I'm traveling the world, exploring hidden confectionaries and restaurants as an aspiring food connoisseur.
Wow, that is some awful writing.
Smells like a local LLM lol. That or schizophrenia
AIs tend to be consistent on things like that. I think it's just two people writing things and the result has been bodged together.
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That stupid "tough guy" photo of him is so incredibly ridiculous.
It's his mug shot for 34 felonies.
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I want to put money on the fact that they sold the data, themselves, for a profit. Since they had an absolutely pathetic number of subscribers
Wow, a single small village of Trump Mobile subscribers will be very mad!
How do you determine who is the village idiot?
It's kind of like how all the world's best athletes congregate for the Olympics, everyone there is great at what they do, otherwise they wouldn't be there.
This is like that, except exactly the opposite. They're all idiots. Delegations from individual towns, having a contest of supreme dunceness.
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So 25% journalists reviewing the phone and the rest spies?
So, here is what we know so far. Apparently, Trump Mobile only had 3,615 MVNO customers, and all of their sensitive private information has now been leaked on the dark web. The data trove includes first and last names, email addresses, telephone numbers, home addresses, and details on orders with Trump Mobile, as per an analysis by Straight Arrow.
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I didn't think "Trump Mobile Subscribers" would be a big enough pool of people to be a tempting target for hackers...That's a lot of work for a list of trailer-parks...
To be fair to the hackers, it is a list of the people most gullible and least able to admit being fooled.
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Nah, that's a highly gullible set of the populace. Prime target for further scams.
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Hahaha hahaha ha
Hahahaha
Lol. If the subscribers were a town it wouldn't be big enough to have a Walmart.
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They should hire me.
I'm great at placating words and otherwise doing fuck all.
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The hackers should brick the phones and have only the TRUMP-EPSTEIN FILES (TM) show up on them.
Have the mobile phone plan you voter for! :-)
Speaking of PR, the Poplar Group, which had entered into a services contract with Trump Mobile only in June 2025, and whose Chris Walker had given the now-infamous statement to USA Today back at around the same time, asserting that the T1 Phone was, in fact, made right here in the United States, is no longer representing Trump Mobile. Trump Mobile has, since then, altered its marketing narrative to "assembled in America."
Isn't that old news? I thought they changed it again, to something like "Designed with American Values in mind." Like, literally no part of the design or production takes place in America. It's a slightly modified version of an old HTC phone. They might put it in boxes to ship out, but that's it.
Terrorists hid my car keys
Where's the data
They sold it then lied about a hack. Are you new here?
Well that seems according to expectations.
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