As frequent readers of this blog might be aware, I am a Freedom Mobile customer. Their pricing and amazing roaming options are what attracted me to the carrier. But I have to admit that I am now rethinking my life choices as based on this Reddit thread as some Freedom Mobile customers are getting an email that says that between January 12 and 18, 2026 the telco got pwned and the following data was swiped:
- First and last name
- Home address
- Email address
- Date of birth
- Phone numbers (home and/or cell)
- Freedom Mobile account number
This was further backed up by this post on the Freedom Mobile website that showed up on March 18th. And based on the data that was swiped, highly targeted phishing attacks are likely on the horizon for Freedom Mobile customers. Something that I should point out is that only Freedom Mobile customers who have been affected got an email. But you should not assume that if you are a Freedom Mobile customer and you didn’t get an email that you are in the clear.
For those keeping score at home, this is the third time that Freedom Mobile has been pwned. They have been pwned in December 2025, and they were pwned in 2019. Thus proving that what I said about how substandard their security is was accurate. Freedom Mobile honestly needs to justify why their customers should continue to be their customers because this telco clearly has a problem that they can’t or won’t fix. So Freedom, are you going to do that and detail how you are going to ensure that there is not a fourth go round of getting pwned? Or are you going to simply stay silent and hope that this simply goes away? I’ll be watching to see which route you take. And so will your customers. Choose which path you take wisely.
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Freedom Mobile Appears To Have Been Pwned AGAIN
As frequent readers of this blog might be aware, I am a Freedom Mobile customer. Their pricing and amazing roaming options are what attracted me to the carrier. But I have to admit that I am now rethinking my life choices as based on this Reddit thread as some Freedom Mobile customers are getting an email that says that between January 12 and 18, 2026 the telco got pwned and the following data was swiped:
This was further backed up by this post on the Freedom Mobile website that showed up on March 18th. And based on the data that was swiped, highly targeted phishing attacks are likely on the horizon for Freedom Mobile customers. Something that I should point out is that only Freedom Mobile customers who have been affected got an email. But you should not assume that if you are a Freedom Mobile customer and you didn’t get an email that you are in the clear.
For those keeping score at home, this is the third time that Freedom Mobile has been pwned. They have been pwned in December 2025, and they were pwned in 2019. Thus proving that what I said about how substandard their security is was accurate. Freedom Mobile honestly needs to justify why their customers should continue to be their customers because this telco clearly has a problem that they can’t or won’t fix. So Freedom, are you going to do that and detail how you are going to ensure that there is not a fourth go round of getting pwned? Or are you going to simply stay silent and hope that this simply goes away? I’ll be watching to see which route you take. And so will your customers. Choose which path you take wisely.
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